I was really surprised by his cruelly brusque treatment.

I boil fresh broccoli in salty water and eat it every day.

These shrimps are delicious when boiled in salty water.

This water needs to be desalted.

In this area, they desalinate seawater to make it drinkable.

Formate is an important compound in organic chemistry.

This rock is rich in silicate.

Citrate plays an important role in organic chemistry.

I learned about the properties of arsenate in chemistry class.

This fertilizer is rich in phosphates.