orthophosphoric
English
Etymology
ortho- + phosphoric
Adjective
orthophosphoric (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Describing the ordinary form of phosphoric acid and its derivatives
- 1878, A. Michaelis, “On the Constituion of Phosphorus Compounds”, in The Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London, volume 25, page 983:
- Pyrophosphoric sulphobromide is a liquid of a clear yellow colour, and aromatic, pungent odour, resembling that of orthophosphoric sulphobromide, but still more disagreeable.
- 1916, Alexander Bryan Johnson, General topics, blood vessels, plastic operations, muscles, nerves, wounds, radium, page 216:
- Beraneck's tuberculin consists of equal parts of the filtrate of a culture of tubercle bacilli and a 1 per cent. orthophosphoric extract of the residue.
- 2013, Dimitrios Nikolelis, editor, Biosensors for Direct Monitoring of Environmental Pollutants in Field, page 128:
- Alkaline phosphatase catalyses the cleavage of orthophosphoric monoester according to the following scheme […]
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Derived terms
- orthophosphoric acid
Related terms
- orthophosphate
- metaphosphoric