Phosphate
['fɒsfeɪt] or ['fɑsfet]
Definition
(noun.) carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid.
(noun.) a salt of phosphoric acid.
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Definition
(n.) A salt of phosphoric acid.
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Examples
- I take preferably not less than 5 parts by weight of pure boracic acid in crystals, and add thereto 1 part of pure phosphate of soda. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- If desired other substances, such as salt and saltpeter, may be added to the boro-phosphate compound, and the whole mixed thoroughly by regrinding. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The turquoise, a phosphate of aluminum colored with copper, is not synthetically produced, although various experiments with its manufacture have been made. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Phosphorus is obtained from bone ash and from phosphate rock which is widely distributed over the surface of the earth. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The result is boro-phosphate of soda, containing more or less free boracic acid, according to the excess thereof used above the proportions given. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Typist: Robinson