phosphite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of phosphite
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They produced a pure culture of this new bacterial strain, in which they were finally able to identify the key enzyme that triggers the oxidation of phosphite to phosphate.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2023
On this sheet, a scientist calculated that the conversion of the chemical compound phosphite to phosphate would release enough energy to produce the cell's energy carrier -- the ATP molecule.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2023
Phosphorous acid forms only two series of salts, which contain the dihydrogen phosphite ion, or the hydrogen phosphate ion, respectively.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
The other method is the disproportionation of white phosphorus with hot concentrated base to produce phosphine and the hydrogen phosphite ion:
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
The noticeable difference is because Riddle has elected to inject his trees with syringes filled with phosphite and phosphonate solutions.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 11, 2016
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