orthophosphoric acid
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English
37
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Metaphosphoric acid gives a white precipitate with nitrate of silver solution; orthophosphoric acid does not give any, save on the addition of an alkali, and the precipitate then produced is yellow."
- "Evaporate 25 cc. of orthophosphoric acid solution to dryness, setting the burner beneath the dish and adjusting the flame so that the tip does not quite touch the dish."
- "With the exception of the fertilizer products, most phosphorus compounds are derived from orthophosphoric acid, produced by the oxidation of elemental phosphorus."
Etymology
From ortho- + phosphoric acid.