As nouns the difference between phosphate and biphosphate
is that phosphate is while biphosphate is (inorganic chemistry) any salt of phosphoric acid in which only one of the hydrogen atome has been replaced by a metal ion.
phosphate
Noun
(
en noun)
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.
(US, regional, dated) A carbonated soft drink sweetened with fruit syrup and with some phosphoric acid.
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Derived terms
* ammonium phosphate
* cadmium phosphate
* calcium dihydrogen phosphate
* calcium phosphate
* diammonium phosphate
* dihydrogen phosphate
* diphosphate
* disodium phosphate
* ferric phosphate
* ferrous phosphate
* fluophosphate
* fluorophosphate
* high energy phosphate
* hydrogen phosphate
* hypophosphate
* inorganic phosphate
* inositol phosphate
* iron phosphate
* metaphosphate
* monocalcium phosphate
* monophosphate
* monopotassium phosphate
* organphosphate
* orthophosphate
* phosphagen
* phosphataemia, phosphatemia
* phosphatase
* phosphate bond
* phosphated
* phosphate glass
* phosphate island
* phosphate rock
* phosphatic
* phosphatide
* phosphaturia
* potassium titanyl phosphate
* pyrophosphate
* silicophosphate
* sodium dithiophosphate
* sodium hexametaphosphate
* sodium monofluorophosphate
* sodium phosphate
* sodium phosphate tribasic
* sodium trimetaphosphate
* sodium tripolyphosphate
* superphosphate
* thiophosphate
* tricalcium phosphate
* triphosphate
* trisodium phosphate
* trisodium phosphate
* trisodium phosphate dodecahydrate
* uranium phosphate
* uranyl phosphate
* vanadious phosphate
Verb
(phosphat)
To treat or coat with a or with phosphoric acid
biphosphate
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt of phosphoric acid in which only one of the hydrogen atome has been replaced by a metal ion
(organic chemistry) diphosphate 