titanosilicate

English

Etymology

titano- +‎ silicate

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: titano‧sili‧cate

Noun

titanosilicate (plural titanosilicates)

1. (inorganic chemistry) A silicate compound or network in which some silica tetrahedra are replaced by titanium octahedra.
   • 1999, V. Valtchev et al., “Investigation of the ion-exchanged forms of the microporous titanosilicate K₂TiSi₃O₉.H₂O”, in Microporous and Mesoporous Materials‎^[1], volume 32, number 3:

     The microporous titanosilicate K₂TiSi₃O₉.H₂O was subjected to ion exchange by the other alkaline cations and NH₄⁺.

Hypernyms

• silicate

Derived terms

• titano-silicate (adjective)