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Phosphate

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3.02 Formula of the compound formed from ammonium and phosphate

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Writing the Formula for Calcium Phosphate

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Chemical Tests for Phosphate - MeitY OLabs

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How to Write the Formula for Aluminium phosphate

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How to Write the Formula for Potassium phosphate

A phosphate is chemical derivative of phosphoric acid. The phosphate ion,, is an inorganic chemical, the conjugate base that can form many different salts. In organic chemistry, a phosphate, or organophosphate, is an ester of phosphoric acid. Of the various phosphoric acids and phosphates, organic phosphates are important in biochemistry and biogeochemistry, and inorganic phosphates are mined to obtain phosphorus for use in agriculture and industry. At elevated temperatures in the solid state, phosphates can condense to form pyrophosphates.