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decaphosphate en · NOUN

Etymology

From deca- + phosphate.

Meanings

1. A substance containing ten phosphate groups [(PO₄)₁₀] or [P₁₀O₄₀].
2. A polyphosphate or oligophosphate containing a condensed chain of ten phosphate groups
   • Examples of the polyphosphates are sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate and sodium decaphosphate 1973, State of Washington Water Research Center, Analysis of Engineering Alternatives for Environmental Protection from Thermal Discharges, Volume 1, page 69:
   • the believed they had obtained in a crystalline form the compounds which we now know as ... decaphosphate, Na₁₂P₁₀O₃₁ 1962, Erich Thilo, “Condensed Phosphates and Arsenates”, in Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Volume 4, page 4:

Forms

Deriveds

cyclo-decaphosphate