Phosphoric Acid

Specialty Definitions: Phosphoric Acid

Domain	Definitions
Mining	A clear, colorless, sparkling liquid or a transparent orthorhombic crystal; H3 PO4 (orthophosphoric acid), depending on the concentration and the temperature. At ordinary atmospheric temperature (20 degrees C), the 50% and 75% acids are mobile liquids, the 85% acid is syrupy, and the 100% acid is in crystals; specific gravity, 1.834 (at 18 degrees C); melting point, 42.35 degrees C; boiling point, 260 degrees C; soluble in water and in alcohol; and very corrosive to ferrous metals andalloys. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Phosphoric acid

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Phosphoric acid is a mineral acid with the chemical formula H₃PO₄. Its main uses are in fertilizers and detergents, and in cleaning and rust-proofing agents. It is also used to acidify foods and beverages such as cola. It is prepared by adding sulphuric acid to calcium phosphate rock.

In its anhydrous form the acid is a white solid. In aqueous solution, the acid releases three hydronium (H⁺) ions.

The anion associated with phosphoric acid is called the phosphate ion, and is found pervasively in biology, especially in the compounds derived from phosphorylated sugars, such as DNA and RNA and adenosine triphosphate (e.g. ATP).

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Phosphoric acid."

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Synonym: Phosphoric Acid

Synonym: orthophosphoric acid (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Phosphoric Acid

English words defined with "phosphoric acid": creatine phosphate, creatine phosphoric acid ♦ glacial phosphoric acid ♦ Hypophosphoric, hypophosphoric acid, Hypophosphorous ♦ inorganic phosphate ♦ Metaphosphoric ♦ Ortho-, orthophosphate ♦ phosphate, Phosphatic, phosphocreatine, phospholipid, phosphoprotein ♦ Reverted phosphoric acid ♦ Sulphophosphoric ♦ triphosphoric acid ♦ Vanadic acid. (references)

Specialty definitions using "phosphoric acid": Acid Etching, Dental ♦ BLOW-UP OPERATOR ♦ Calcium Phosphates ♦ Diphosphates, Dolichol Phosphates ♦ Galactosephosphates ♦ Inositol Phosphates ♦ Mannitol Phosphates, Mannosephosphates ♦ Parkerizing, Phosphates, Phosphatidic Acids, Phosphatidylcholines, Phosphatidylethanolamines, Phosphatidylinositols, Phosphatidylserines, Phosphogypsum Piles, Phosphoric Acid Esters, Phosphoric Acids, PHOSPHORIC-ACID OPERATOR, Phosphorus Plants, Phosphoserine, Phosphothreonine, Polyisoprenyl Phosphates, Polyphloretin Phosphate, Prayon process ♦ Ribosemonophosphates, Ribulosephosphates ♦ SAMPLE TESTER, SECOND OPERATOR, MILL TENDER, SUPERVISOR, PHOSPHORIC ACID, SUPERVISOR, PHOSPHORUS PROCESSING ♦ WET-MIX OPERATOR. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Phosphoric Acid

Domain	Title
References	The World Market for Diphosphorus Pentoxide, Phosphoric Acid, and Polyphosphoric Acids: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	DECHEMA Corrosion Handbook, Chlorinated Hydrocarbons (Chloroethane), Phosphoric Acid (reference) Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design: Petroleum Fractions Properties to Phosphoric Acid Plants, Alloy Selection (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Phosphoric Acid

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	Tennessee Valley Authority production. Elemental phosphorus. Section of the TVA's phosphoric acid plant operated in conjunction with the making of elemental phosphorus in the Muscle Shoals area. The phosphorus, used in the manufacture of incendiary bombs.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Phosphoric Acid

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		China also is encouraging cooperation with foreign corporations for some chemical projects, such as defluorinated phosphoric acid hydrolith with a 100,000 ton annual production capacity, methionine with 20,000 ton annual production capacity, synthetic pyridine with a 8,000 ton annual production capacity, pentadiene carboxylic acid with a 5,000 ton annual production capacity, vitamin PP with 3,000 a ton annual production capacity as well as niacinamide production projects. (references)
Economic History	Senegal	ICS plans to double its production capacity of phosphoric acid from 330,000 MT to 600,000 MT by 2002. (references)
	Senegal	Senegal has striven to strengthen the sector by integrating upstream activities (phosphate rock mining) and downstream (fertilizer and phosphoric acid) processing operations. (references)
	Morocco	The export of phosphates and its derivatives (phosphoric acid and fertilizer) account for about 1 6.9 percent of Moroccan exports. (references)
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Expressions: Phosphoric Acid

Expressions using "phosphoric acid": creatine phosphoric acid ♦ glacial phosphoric acid ♦ Insoluble phosphoric acid ♦ Phosphoric Acid Esters ♦ reverted phosphoric acid ♦ soluble phosphoric acid. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Phosphoric Acid

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
phosphoric acid	167
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Modern Translations: Phosphoric Acid

Language		Translations for "phosphoric acid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		fosforsyre. (various references)

Dutch		fosforzuur. (various references)

Finnish		fosforihappo (E338, orthophosphoric acid). (various references)

French		acide phosphorique. (various references)

German		Phosphorsaeure. (various references)

Greek		φωσφορικό οξύ. (various references)

Hungarian		foszforsav. (various references)

Italian		acido fosforico. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		燐酸 , 亜燐酸 , 亜リン酸 , リン酸 (loose, loose-leaf, louver, red, redhead, revival, roof, roof garden, roof rack, rookie, root, roots, rouble, rouge, route, route sales, router, routine, routing, to have roots in). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		リンさん, りんさん (forest products), ありんさん. (various references)

Pig Latin		osphoricphay aciday

Portuguese		ácido fosfórico. (various references)

Romanian		acid fosforic. (various references)

Spanish		ácido fosfórico. (various references)

Swedish		fosforsyra (E338, orthophosphoric acid). (various references)
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Misspellings: Phosphoric Acid

Misspellings
	"Phosphoric Acid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: phoshoric acid. (additional references)
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Anagrams: Phosphoric Acid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-h-h-i-i-o-o-p-p-r-s"
	-4 letters: phosphoric, radicchios.
	-5 letters: chorioids, coracoids, hipparchs, hippocras, prophasic, radicchio, rhapsodic.
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