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decaphosphates

decaphosphates is the plural of decaphosphate.

Meaning of decaphosphate

Noun

decaphosphate (plural decaphosphates)

  1. A substance containing ten phosphate groups [(PO₄)₁₀] or [P₁₀O₄₀].
  2. A polyphosphate or oligophosphate containing a condensed chain of ten phosphate groups
    • the believed they had obtained in a crystalline form the compounds which we now know as ... decaphosphate, Na₁₂P₁₀O₃₁1962, Erich Thilo, “Condensed Phosphates and Arsenates”, in Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Volume 4, page 4

Questions about decaphosphates

What is decaphosphates the plural of?
Decaphosphates is the plural of decaphosphate.

Words near decaphosphates in the dictionary

  1. decapeptide
  2. decapeptides
  3. decapetalous
  4. decaphobia
  5. decaphosphate
  6. decaphosphates
  7. decaphosphorus
  8. decaphyllous
  9. decapicone
  10. decapicones
  11. decapitable

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