Definition of Metaphosphate

1. n. A salt of metaphosphoric acid.

Definition of Metaphosphate

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of metaphosphoric acid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Metaphosphate

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Medical Definition of Metaphosphate

1. A salt of metaphosphoric acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metaphosphate

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Literary usage of Metaphosphate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"metaphosphate. An alcoholic solution of naphthylamine gives with alcoholic metaphosphoric acid, a white pulverulent precipitate, which is but very slightly ..."

2. Elements of Inorganic Chemistry: Including the Applications of the Science by Thomas Graham (1866)
"But let this hydrated metaphosphate be heated to 300°, and without losing ... Hydrated metaphosphate of soda NaO.P05+HO, Phosphates of the form 3MO + ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"Thus, ordinary sodium metaphosphate, obtained by igniting sodium phosphate ... But when a considerable quantity of ordinary fused sodium metaphosphate is ..."

4. Chemistry for Students by Alexander William Williamson (1868)
"... or to argentic nitrate, it produces no precipitate; the neutralization by an alkali is necessary for the formation of either precipitate. metaphosphate ..."

5. The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis: With Special Consideration of by Julius Stieglitz (1911)
"For instance, when the metaphosphate is heated with water, it slowly combines with the latter and again forms sodium-dihydrogen phosphate. ..."

6. Chemical Reagents: Their Purity and Tests, Authorized Translation of Prüfung by Emanuel Merck (1914)
"MANGANESE metaphosphate SOLUTION A reagent for the detection of albumin, prepared as directed by L. Blum.* The solution should have a pink color. ..."

7. Chambers's Information for the People by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1875)
"When an orthophosphate, containing, as in this case, basic water, is heated, water is given oit, and a pyrophosphate or metaphosphate is left ; thus, ..."

8. Works of the Cavendish Society by Cavendish Society, London (1849)
"This may perhaps be regarded as a mixture of mono-metaphosphate of lime and hydrate ... Hydrated metaphosphate of lime is precipitated as a clear - of the ..."

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