decaphosphate

D2E1C3A1P3H4O1S1P3H4A1T1E1

noun

A substance containing ten phosphate groups [(PO₄)₁₀] or [P₁₀O₄₀].

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Meanings

noundecaphosphate (plural decaphosphates)

plural decaphosphates

  1. chemistryA substance containing ten phosphate groups [(PO₄)₁₀] or [P₁₀O₄₀].
  2. chemistryA polyphosphate or oligophosphate containing a condensed chain of ten phosphate groups

    Examples of the polyphosphates are sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate and sodium decaphosphate

    1973, State of Washington Water Research Center, Analysis of Engineering Alternatives for Environmental Protection from Thermal Discharges, Volume 1, page 69
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    the believed they had obtained in a crystalline form the compounds which we now know as ... decaphosphate, Na₁₂P₁₀O₃₁

    1962, Erich Thilo, “Condensed Phosphates and Arsenates”, in Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Volume 4, page 4

Origin

From deca- + phosphate.

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