phosphat

P3H4O1S1P3H4A1T1

noun

A phosphate.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounphosphat (plural phosphats)

plural phosphats

  1. obsoletechemistryA phosphate.

    Oyster-shells will answer as well as marble, but the phosphat of lime, taken up by the acid along with the lime, must be first separated by pure ammonia.

    1807, Aikin, C. R., Comp., Dictionary Of Chemistry And Mineralogy Vol. 2, page 40
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