pyrophosphoric acid
Noun
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Noun
pyrophosphoric acid (uncountable)
- A syrupy liquid formed by the dehydration of phosphoric acid; its salts, the pyrophosphates, are used in medicine.
- (inorganic compound) The acid formed by removing a molecule of water from two molecules of phosphoric acid, H4P2O7; this reaction slowly reverses in the presence of water.
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