Plural of formate; multiple salts or esters of formic acid.
Simple plural of 'formate,' following standard English pluralization. The root remains 'formic acid' (from Latin 'formica').
When chemists talk about different formates—like sodium formate and calcium formate—they're discussing variations of a compound that nature actually uses in ant venom!
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