Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A salt, ester, or anion of phosphorous acid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A salt of phosphorous acid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A salt of phosphorous acid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry any
salt orester ofphosphorous acid - noun chemistry the
anion PO33-, or thetrivalent radical PO3
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Examples
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Uncle Tom's Rose Tonic contains potassium phosphite and has good fungicidal properties, while SB Plant Invigorator is a foliar feed with fungicidal and pesticidal properties.
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Phosphate-containing sand was fused and turned into phosphite.
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Phosphate-containing sand was fused and turned into phosphite.
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Phosphate-containing sand was fused and turned into phosphite.
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This otherwise unknown natural phosphite explains the existence of phosphite-eating bacteria.
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This otherwise unknown natural phosphite explains the existence of phosphite-eating bacteria.
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During the Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea.
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Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea.
Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905
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CHMT - News announced that effective Feb. 1, 2011, or as contracts allow, it will raise the price of its Weston® liquid phosphite stabilizers by 15
Chemtura to Increase Price of Weston® Liquid Phosphite Stabilizers - Yahoo! Finance 2011
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Glyphosate is mainly produced from two kinds of glycine and IDA; other raw materials include glycine, dimethyl phosphite, paraformaldehyde, iminodiacetic acetonitrile, diethanolamine, phosphorous acid, liquid caustic soda, sulfuric acid, hydrogen peroxide, and hydrochloric acid.
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