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ammonium phosphate

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. monoammonium phosphate.

  2. (loosely) diammonium phosphate.


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The team's ultimate designs for short-chain ammonium phosphate and phosphonium phosphate IL additives resulted in 90-100% survival rates after seven days.

From Science Daily

Central Command said the 21,000 metric tons of ammonium phosphate sulfate fertilizer presents “an environmental risk,” while the vessel poses an “impact risk.”

From New York Times

It said the ship sank early Saturday carrying a load of 21,000 metric tons of ammonium phosphate sulfate fertilizer that now “presents an environmental risk in the Red Sea.”

From New York Times

A promising new form of ammonium phosphate fertilizer has been field-tested by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers.

From Science Daily

Phos-Chek, that neon-pink goo that airplanes dump over wildfires, is a sticky slurry of ammonium phosphate designed to coat vegetation and other fuels to deprive advancing flames of oxygen.

From Los Angeles Times