potassium niobate (English, noun)
expansion: potassium niobate (plural potassium niobates)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The salt KNbO₃; its crystals have a large nonlinear optical coefficient, and it find use in the manufacture of lasers; nanowires of the substance have been used to produce tunable coherent light.
Forms:
form: potassium niobates
tags: plural