Titanosilicate

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: en + titano + sili + cate

Origin

- + titano + silicate

Full definition of titanosilicate

Noun

1. (inorganic chemistry) A silicate compound or network in which some silica tetrahedra are replaced by titanium octahedra.
• The microporous titanosilicate K₂TiSi₃O₉.H₂O was subjected to ion exchange by the other alkaline cations and NH₄⁺.

Hypernyms

• silicate

Derived terms

• titano-silicate adjective