hypophosphite

See also: Hypophosphite

English

Etymology

From hypo- +‎ phosphite.

Noun

hypophosphite (plural hypophosphites)

1. (chemistry) Any salt of hypophosphorous acid.
   • 1867, Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Chemical Technology, page 696:

     The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined.

Translations

type of salt

• Icelandic: salt af fosfórundirsýrlingi m
• Irish: hipeafoisfít f