metaphosphate

American

[met-uh-fos-fayt] / ˌmɛt əˈfɒs feɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

a salt or ester of metaphosphoric acid.

metaphosphate British

/ ˌmɛtəˈfɒsfeɪt /

noun

any salt of metaphosphoric acid

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Etymology

Origin of metaphosphate

First recorded in 1825–35; meta- + phosphate

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Most but not all of the Institute's output is highly specialized of interest mainly to the client it benefits' Sodium metaphosphate was for a century considered a chemical curiosity.

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PO4, it is decomposed into the metaphosphate of sodium, NaPO3, CoO + NaPO3 = CoNaPO4.

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