tetraethyl pyrophosphate

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noun Chemistry.

a colorless to amber, hygroscopic, poisonous liquid, (C2H5)4P2O7, used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.

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Words nearby tetraethyl pyrophosphate

tetradrachma, tetradymite, tetradynamous, tetraethyl, tetraethyllead, tetraethyl pyrophosphate, tetrafluoride, tetrafluoroethene, tetrafluoroethylene, tetrafunctional, tetragon

How to use tetraethyl 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

Medical definitions for tetraethyl pyrophosphate

tetraethyl pyrophosphate

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