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Definition of Trisodium orthophosphate
1. Noun. The tertiary phosphate of sodium used as a builder in soaps and detergents.
Generic synonyms: Builder, Detergent Builder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trisodium Orthophosphate
Literary usage of Trisodium orthophosphate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of Inorganic Chemistry by Frank Austin Gooch, Claude Frederic Walker (1905)
"trisodium orthophosphate may also be obtained in anhydrous condition by fusing
the disodium hydrogen orthophosphate with an excess of sodium carbonate. ..."
2. Review of American Chemical Research by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1904)
"trisodium orthophosphate works better than the carbonate, but is more expensive.
As a preventa- tive for boiler incrustation, the only substances that are ..."
3. A Text-book of Chemistry: Intended for the Use of Pharmaceutical and Medical by Samuel Philip Sadtler (1918)
"The salt separates with one molecule of water of crystallization. Trisodium
Orthophosphate, Na,PO4, is obtained either by heating one molecule of Na. ..."
4. The Chemistry of medicines, practical by John Uri Lloyd (1883)
"trisodium orthophosphate. Na3PO4 + 12H.,O. 3. Di hydrogen sodium orthophosphate,
NaH.,PO4-tH.,O. The second of these we find in market under the name ..."