sodium ammonium phosphate
noun Chemistry.
a colorless, odorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, NaNH4HPO4⋅4H2O, originally obtained from human urine: used as a blowpipe flux in testing metallic oxides.
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Nearby words
- sodger,
- sodic,
- sodio-,
- sodium,
- sodium amide,
- sodium amytal,
- sodium arsenite,
- sodium barbital,
- sodium benzoate,
- sodium bicarbonate
Also called microcosmic salt, salt of phosphorus.
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