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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Formed by heating phosphoric acid: noting an acid (H4P2O7) produced by exposing concentrated phosphoric acid to a temperature of 415° F. Pyrophosphoric acid is tetrabasic — that is, capable of forming four distinct classes of salts according as one, two, or three atoms or the whole of the hydrogen is replaced by a metal. The pyrophosphates, especially that of iron, are used in medicine.
Wiktionary
- adj. of, or relating to pyrophosphoric acid or its derivatives
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, H4P2O7, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance. Its salts are obtained by heating the phosphates.
Examples
“On heating orthophosphoric acid to about 225° pyrophosphoric acid is formed in accordance with the following equation:”
“While the secondary phosphates, on heating, give salts of pyrophosphoric acid, the primary phosphates yield salts of metaphosphoric acid.”
“P_ {2} O_ {5} + 2H_ {2} O = H_ {4} P_ {2} O_ {7} (pyrophosphoric acid).”
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