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Meaning of decaphosphate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A substance containing ten phosphate groups [(PO₄)₁₀] or [P₁₀O₄₀].
  2. A polyphosphate or oligophosphate containing a condensed chain of ten phosphate groups

Examples

“the believed they had obtained in a crystalline form the compounds which we now know as ... decaphosphate, Na₁₂P₁₀O₃₁”
“Examples of the polyphosphates are sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate and sodium decaphosphate”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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