In chemistry terms the difference between phosphate and phosphonate
is that phosphate is any salt or ester of phosphoric acid while phosphonate is any salt or ester of a phosphonic acid; many of its derivatives have important biological activity.
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
phosphonate
Noun
(
en noun)
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of a phosphonic acid; many of its derivatives have important biological activity.
Derived terms
* bisphosphonate
