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Definition of Trisodium phosphate

1. Noun. The tertiary phosphate of sodium used as a builder in soaps and detergents.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trisodium Phosphate

Literary usage of Trisodium phosphate

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

1. A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid by Georg Lunge (1880)
"The chief reaction is the formation of a double silicate of alumina and soda and of trisodium phosphate, and may be represented as follows ..."

2. A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid by Georg Lunge (1880)
""The solution of trisodium phosphate, coloured green by ferro- ... Or else the trisodium phosphate is, by means of ground chalk, converted into carbonate, ..."

3. Œdema and Nephritis: A Critical, Experimental and Clinical Study of the by Martin Fischer (1921)
"A similar rule holds for like concentrations of trisodium phosphate, as shown in Fig. 170. Gelatin swells distinctly more in low concentrations of trisodium ..."

4. Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Harry Clary Jones (1906)
"to one equivalent of disodium phosphate, the trisodium phosphate ... The trisodium phosphate crystallizes with twelve molecules of water, Na<;P04.12 H20. ..."

5. American Lubricants from the Standpoint of the Consumer by Luther Bynum Lockhart (1920)
"Calculate to Na2CO3, which result is the actual sodium carbonate plus the sodium carbonate equivalent of the alkalinity of the trisodium phosphate. ..."

6. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"For decomposing sulphate of lime, tribasic sodium phosphate, more commonly known as trisodium phosphate, is often used. This is claimed to act on the ..."

7. The Steam Engineer's Handbook: A Convenient Reference Book for All Persons by International Correspondence Schools (1913)
"For decomposing sulphate of lime, tribasic sodium phosphate, more commonly known as trisodium phosphate, is often used. This is claimed to act on the ..."

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