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Definition of Phosphite

1. n. A salt of phosphorous acid.

Definition of Phosphite

1. Noun. (chemistry) any salt or ester of phosphorous acid ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) the anion PO₃^3-, or the trivalent radical PO₃ ¹

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Definition of Phosphite

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Phosphite

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphite

Literary usage of Phosphite

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

1. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"+9H,O. Ppt. Sol. in iron alum + Aq. 'Rose.) Lanthanum phosphite ... Lithium hydrogen phosphite, I.iHJ'i > Very sol. in H,O. ..."

2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1857)
"... heated several times in vacuo to 80°—100° to drive oft' water and chloride of amyl. Should the phosphite of amyl bo coloured, it must be rectified in ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"phosphite of Aluminium.—A saturated solution of alum mixed with a strong solution of ammonium-phosphite forms a precipitate which disappears at first, ..."

4. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1845)
"Dry neutral phosphite of potash PHO4, 2K. Acid phosphite of potash . ... phosphite of copper PHO4, 2CuO + 5HO. phosphite of lead PHO4, ..."

5. The Radical Theory in Chemistry by John Joseph Griffin (1858)
"No inorganic normal phosphite contains three atoms of metal. They have all two atoms of metal and one atom of hydrogen. Rose considers them to be ..."

6. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1900)
"... vapour- I VINC, boiling-point, 107 and critical constants of di- I estimation u phosphite, 101 pressures, specific volumes, ..."

7. Chemistry for Students by Alexander William Williamson (1868)
"When baryta is used, all the phosphate and phosphite formed go down as baryta ... A phosphite gives rise to the same product when similarly treated: Cupric ..."

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