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tripotassium phosphate

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tri⋅po⋅tas⋅si⋅um phos⋅phate

[trahy-puh-tas-ee-uhm]
–noun Chemistry.
See under potassium phosphate.
Also called tripotassium orthophosphate.


Origin:
tri- + potassium

potassium phosphate

–noun Chemistry.
any of the three orthophosphates of potassium (potassium monophosphate (K2HPO4), potassium diphosphate (KH2PO4), and tripotassium phosphate (K3PO4)).

Origin:
1880–85
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Main Entry: potassium phosphate
Function: noun
: any of various phosphates of potassium; especially : a salt K2HPO4 occurring ascolorless or white granules or powder and used as a saline cathartic
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