Decaphosphate

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A substance containing ten phosphate groups [(PO₄)₁₀] or [P₁₀O₄₀].
  2. 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, Na₁₂P₁₀O₃₁"

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"the believed they had obtained in a crystalline form the compounds which we now know as ... decaphosphate, Na₁₂P₁₀O₃₁"

Etymology

From deca- + phosphate.

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cyclo-decaphosphate

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