Hypophosphoric acid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a crystalline tetrabasic acid (H4P2O6)

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  1. (Chem.), an acid, P2H4O6, produced by the slow oxidation of moist phosphorus, and isolated only as a solution in water. It is regarded as a condensation product of one molecule of phosphoric acid with one of phosphorous acid, by partial dehydration.

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