orthophosphoric

O1R1T1H4O1P3H4O1S1P3H4O1R1I1C3

adjective

Describing the ordinary form of phosphoric acid and its derivatives

Scrabble 30

Meanings

adjectiveorthophosphoric (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryDescribing the ordinary form of phosphoric acid and its derivatives

    Alkaline phosphatase catalyses the cleavage of orthophosphoric monoester according to the following scheme […]

    2013, Dimitrios Nikolelis, editor, Biosensors for Direct Monitoring of Environmental Pollutants in Field, page 128
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    Pyrophosphoric sulphobromide is a liquid of a clear yellow colour, and aromatic, pungent odour, resembling that of orthophosphoric sulphobromide, but still more disagreeable.

    1878, A. Michaelis, “On the Constitution of Phosphorus Compounds”, in The Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London, volume 25, page 983

    Beraneck's tuberculin consists of equal parts of the filtrate of a culture of tubercle bacilli and a 1 per cent. orthophosphoric extract of the residue.

    1916, Alexander Bryan Johnson, General topics, blood vessels, plastic operations, muscles, nerves, wounds, radium, page 216

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