superphosphate
Also called acid phosphate. a mixture of calcium acid phosphate and calcium sulfate prepared by treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid: used chiefly as a fertilizer.
Also called triple superphosphate. a mixture prepared with phosphoric acid and containing about 45 percent of soluble phosphates, used as a fertilizer.
Origin of superphosphate
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How to use superphosphate in a sentence
The acid phosphates or dissolved rock phosphates contain from 12 to 16 per cent.
The First Book of Farming | Charles L. GoodrichAction of boracic acid would, no doubt, set up acid phosphates, which are the prime causes of the preservation.
Practical Taxidermy | Montagu BrowneThis is due probably to the increased excretion of acid phosphates.
British Dictionary definitions for superphosphate
/ (ˌsuːpəˈfɒsfeɪt) /
a mixture of the diacid calcium salt of orthophosphoric acid Ca(H 2 PO 4) 2 with calcium sulphate and small quantities of other phosphates: used as a fertilizer
a salt of phosphoric acid formed by incompletely replacing its acidic hydrogen atoms; acid phosphate; hydrogen phosphate
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