PHOSPHATE

Phosphate

A phosphate, an inorganic chemical, is a salt of phosphoric acid. In organic chemistry, a phosphate, or organophosphate, is an ester of phosphoric acid. Organic phosphates are important in biochemistry and biogeochemistry or ecology. Inorganic phosphates are mined to obtain phosphorus for use in agriculture and industry. At elevated temperatures in the solid state, phosphates can condense to form pyrophosphates.

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phosphate

Noun

  1. Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.
  2. A carbonated soft drink sweetened with fruit syrup and with some phosphoric acid.

Verb

  1. To treat or coat with a phosphate or with phosphoric acid


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