Definition of Polyphosphoric acid

1. Noun. A series of oxyacids of phosphorus.

Specialized synonyms: Metaphosphoric Acid, Pyrophosphoric Acid
Generic synonyms: Oxyacid, Oxygen Acid

Definition of Polyphosphoric acid

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any of several ill-defined polymers of orthophosphoric acid; they are viscous, hygroscopic liquids ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyphosphoric Acid

polyphonists
polyphonous
polyphonously
polyphons
polyphony
polyphore
polyphores
polyphosphate
polyphosphate AMP phosphotransferase
polyphosphates
polyphosphazene
polyphosphoinositide phosphatase
polyphosphonate
polyphosphonates
polyphosphoric
polyphosphoric acid (current term)
polyphosphorylase
polyphrasia
polyphthalocyanine
polyphthalocyanines
polyphyletic
polyphyletic theory
polyphyletism
polyphyllin
polyphyllous
polyphyly
polyphyodont
polyphyodonty
polypi
polypiarian

Literary usage of Polyphosphoric acid

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

1. Chemistry of the Albumens: Ten Lectures Delivered in the Michaelmas Term by Samuel Barnett Schryver, University of London (1906)
"It is obvious that we cannot obtain the phosphoric acid directly in its original form by hydrolysis, as the complex polyphosphoric acid can readily degrade ..."

2. Code of Federal Regulations 21 Food and Drugs: Parts 170 to 199 Revised as by U.s. Gpo (2005)
"Phosphoric acid esters and polyesters {and their sodium salts) of triethanolamine formed by the reaction of triethanolamine with polyphosphoric acid to ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... which was converted to the amide 21 [67%; mp 281- 282° dec (in vacuo)] upon treatment with hot (95°) polyphosphoric acid followed by aqueous work-up. ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Its composition, as a tetranucleotide chain composed of four constituent mono- nucleotides united in the form of a polyphosphoric acid, will be obvious from ..."

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