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hypophosphoric |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hypophosphoric \Hy`po*phos*phor"ic\, a. [Pref. hypo- + phosphoric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to or derived from or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as hypophosphoric acid. {Hypophosphoric acid} (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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