pyrophosphate

[ pahy-ruh-fos-feyt ]

nounChemistry.

a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.

Origin of pyrophosphate

First recorded in 1830–40; pyrophosph(oric acid) + -ate²

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How to use pyrophosphate in a sentence

Filter; wash the precipitate with dilute ammonia; dry, ignite, and weigh as magnesic pyrophosphate.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The precipitate is washed with dilute ammonia, dried, ignited, and weighed as pyrophosphate.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The precipitate is collected, washed with ammonia, ignited, and weighed as pyrophosphate.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The filtrate is treated with sodium phosphate, and the magnesia is weighed as pyrophosphate, or titrated with uranium acetate.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The residue is a white mass of magnesium pyrophosphate containing 27.92 per cent.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

British Dictionary definitions for pyrophosphate

pyrophosphate

/ (ˌpaɪrəʊˈfɒsfeɪt) /

noun

any salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid

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Scientific definitions for pyrophosphate

pyrophosphate

[ pī′rə-fŏs′fāt′ ]

A salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid, containing the group P2O7.

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