What is "zincate"

n. (context chemistry English) any salt formally derived from zinc oxide or hydroxide by combination with a more electropositive element

In chemistry the term zincate may refer to

• a salt containing Zn(OH),also called the tetrahydroxozincate ion. It is an ore of Zinc. Examples include calcium zincate CaZn(OH).2HO or NaZn(OH) or the polymeric anion [Zn(OH)] in for example NaZn(OH)· HO
• an alkali solution prepared from dissolving zinc metal, zinc hydroxide or zinc oxide which contains various anionic species such as Zn(OH). Such solutions are used in the plating industry.
• an oxide containing zinc and a less electronegative element e.g. NaZnO,(see - ate complex).
• a commercially available zinc supplement formulated as zinc sulfate.