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English
Etymology
From deca- + phosphate.
Noun
decaphosphate (plural decaphosphates)
- (chemistry) A substance containing ten phosphate groups or .
- (chemistry) A polyphosphate or oligophosphate containing a condensed chain of ten phosphate groups
1962, Erich Thilo, “Condensed Phosphates and Arsenates”, in Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Volume 4, page 4:the believed they had obtained in a crystalline form the compounds which we now know as ... decaphosphate, Na12P10O31
1973, State of Washington Water Research Center, Analysis of Engineering Alternatives for Environmental Protection from Thermal Discharges, Volume 1, page 69:Examples of the polyphosphates are sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate and sodium decaphosphate
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