page_title: Germanate
hierarchical_section_title: Germanate
context_page_description: In chemistry, germanate is a compound containing an oxyanion of germanium. In the naming of inorganic compounds it is a suffix that indicates a polyatomic anion with a central germanium atom, for example potassium hexafluorogermanate, K₂GeF₆.
context_section_description: In chemistry, germanate is a compound containing an oxyanion of germanium. In the naming of inorganic compounds it is a suffix that indicates a polyatomic anion with a  central germanium atom, for example potassium hexafluorogermanate, K₂GeF₆.
caption: The orthogermanate anion