- metaphosphoric acid
- noun Date: 1833 a glassy solid acid HPO3 or (HPO3)n formed by heating orthophosphoric acid
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metaphosphoric acid
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metaphosphoric acid — [met΄əfäs fôr′ik] n. glacial phosphoric acid, HPO3, a deliquescent solid obtained by heating orthophosphoric acid: used as an analytical reagent … English World dictionary
metaphosphoric acid — metafosfato rūgštis statusas T sritis chemija formulė HPO₃ atitikmenys: angl. metaphosphoric acid rus. метафосфорная кислота ryšiai: sinonimas – vandenilio trioksofosfatas (1–) … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
metaphosphoric acid — SYN: glacial phosphoric acid. * * * meta·phos·pho·ric acid .met ə .fäs .fȯr ik , .fär ; .fäs f(ə )rik n a glassy solid acid HPO3 or (HPO3)n formed by heating orthophosphoric acid but usu. obtained in the form of salts * * * meta·phos·phor·ic… … Medical dictionary
metaphosphoric acid — /met euh fos fawr ik, for /, Chem. an acid, HPO3, derived from phosphorous pentoxide, and containing the smallest amount of water of the phosphoric acids. Cf. phosphoric acid. [1825 35; META + PHOSPHORIC] * * * … Universalium
metaphosphoric acid — /mɛtəfɒsˌfɔrɪk ˈæsəd/ (say metuhfos.fawrik asuhd) noun an acid, HPO3, derived from phosphorous pentoxide, and containing the least water of the phosphoric acids. See phosphoric acid …
metaphosphoric acid — noun a glassy solid acid ([HPO3]n) often used as a dehydrating agent • Hypernyms: ↑polyphosphoric acid … Useful english dictionary
metaphosphoric acid — noun an anhydrous form of phosphoric acid that exists as a polymeric glassy solid, (HPO); used as a drying agent and in dental cement … Wiktionary
metaphosphoric — adjective Of or pertaining to metaphosphoric acid … Wiktionary
metaphosphoric — met a*phos*phor ic, a. [Pref. meta + phosphoric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid, {HPO3}, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtained as a crystalline substance, commonly called {glacial phosphoric … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
phosphoric acid glacial — metaphosphoric acid … Medical dictionary
