phosphoric acid

English

Noun

phosphoric acid (uncountable)

Ball-and-stick model of phosphoric acid.

1. (inorganic chemistry) A colourless, odourless solid, H₃PO₄, often in solution as a syrupy liquid, used in the manufacture of fertilizers, detergents and pharmaceuticals and as an additive in cola drinks.

Synonyms

• E338 when used as an antioxidant
• orthophosphoric acid

Derived terms

• creatine-phosphoric acid

 

Related terms

• phosphate
• polyphosphate
• pyrophosphoric acid

Translations

the colourless liquid; H₃PO₄

• Afrikaans: fosforsuur
• Armenian: օրթոֆոսֆորական թթու (ōrtʻofosforakan tʻtʻu)
• Asturian: ácidu fosfórico m
• Basque: azido fosforiko
• Bulgarian: фосфорна киселина f (fosforna kiselina)
• Catalan: àcid fosfòric m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 磷酸 (zh) (línsuān)

• Czech: kyselina fosforečná f
• Danish: fosforsyre (da) c
• Dutch: fosforzuur (nl) n
• Esperanto: fosfata acido, fosfora acido, fosfatacido, fosforacido
• Estonian: fosforhape
• Finnish: fosforihappo
• French: acide phosphorique (fr) m
• Galician: ácido fosfórico (gl) m
• Georgian: ფოსფორმჟავა (pospormžava)
• German: Phosphorsäure (de) f
• Greek: φωσφορικό οξύ n (fosforikó oxý)
• Hungarian: foszforsav (hu)
• Indonesian: asam fosfat
• Italian: acido fosforico (it) m
• Japanese: 燐酸 (ja) (りんさん, rinsan)
• Kazakh: фосфор қышқылы (fosfor qyşqyly)
• Korean: 인산 (ko) (insan)
• Kyrgyz: ортофосфор кислотасы (ortofosfor kislotası)
• Latvian: fosforskābe f, ortofosforskābe f
• Lithuanian: fosforo rūgštis f
• Macedonian: фосфорна киселина f (fosforna kiselina)
• Malay: asid fosforik
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fosforsyre m or f

  Nynorsk: fosforsyre f

• Persian: فسفریک اسید
• Polish: kwas fosforowy m
• Portuguese: ácido fosfórico m
• Romanian: acid fosforic (ro) m
• Russian: фо́сфорная кислота́ (ru) f (fósfornaja kislotá)
• Slovak: kyselina trihydrogenfosforečná f
• Slovene: fosforjeva kislina f
• Spanish: ácido fosfórico m
• Swedish: fosforsyra (sv) c
• Thai: กรดฟอสฟอริก
• Turkish: fosforik asit
• Ukrainian: ортофосфатна кислота f (ortofosfatna kyslota)