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Phosphate vs Hexametaphosphate - What's the difference?

phosphate | hexametaphosphate |

As nouns the difference between phosphate and hexametaphosphate

is that phosphate is any salt or ester of phosphoric acid while hexametaphosphate is a cyclic, polymeric anion composed of six linked phosphate groups P6O186-; any salt containing this anion.

As a verb phosphate

is to treat or coat with a phosphate or with phosphoric acid.

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
  • hexametaphosphate

    English

    Noun

    (Sodium hexametaphosphate) (en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) A cyclic, polymeric anion composed of six linked phosphate groups P6O186-; any salt containing this anion