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Tellurate
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<p>In chemistry, tellurate is a compound containing an <a href="/facts/Oxyanion/0GuWXr6D">oxyanion</a> of <a href="/facts/Tellurium/v7QvfIvS">tellurium</a> where tellurium has an <a href="/facts/Oxidation_number/W53W6s6V">oxidation number</a> of +6. In the naming of inorganic compounds it is a suffix that indicates a <a href="/facts/Polyatomic_ion/FcPWAyLm">polyatomic anion</a> with a central tellurium atom. </p>