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Phosphate vs Phosphine - What's the difference?

phosphate | phosphine |

As nouns the difference between phosphate and phosphine

is that phosphate is any salt or ester of phosphoric acid while phosphine is a toxic gas; hydride of phosphorus, PH3

As a verb phosphate

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

phosphate

English

(wikipedia 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

    • phosphine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia phosphine)
  • (chemistry, uncountable) a toxic gas; hydride of phosphorus, PH3
  • (chemistry, countable) any alkyl or aryl derivative of this compound, PR3 (where at least one R is not H)

    • Usage notes

    * Any specific substituted phosphine is named as a phosphane e.g. methylphosphane

    Synonyms

    * phosphane * phosphorus hydride * phosphureted hydrogen

    Derived terms

    * diethyl phosphine * monoethyl phosphine * * phosphine oxide * phosphine sulfide, phosphine sulphide * phosphinic * phosphinic acid * primary phosphine * secondary phosphine * tertiary phosphine * triethyl phosphine

    Related terms

    * phosphazene, phosphazine