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Chemical formula:
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Ammonium phosphate (Noun):
Monoammonium phosphate, a white, crystalline, moderately water-soluble compound, NH4H2PO4, used as fertilizer, in fire extinguishers, etc.
Ammonium:
The univalent ion, NH4+, or group, NH4, which plays the part of a metal in the salt formed when ammonia reacts with an acid.
Phosphate:
Loosely, a salt or ester of phosphoric acid.
Phosphoric acid:
Any of three acids, orthophosphoric acid, H3PO4, metaphosphoric acid, HPO3, or pyrophoric acid, H4P2O7, derived from phosphorus pentoxide, P2O5, and various amounts of water.
Hydrogen:
A colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: J; atomic weight: 1.00797; atomic number: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
Nitrogen:
A colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues. especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
Oxygen:
A colorless, odorless, gaseous element constituting about one-fifth of the volume of the atmosphere and present in a combined state in nature. It is the supporter of combustion in air and was the standard form of atomic, combining, and molecular weights until 1961, when carbon 12 became the new standard. Symbol: O; atomic weight: 15.9994; atomic number: 8; density 1.4290 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
Phosphorus:
A solid, nonmetallic element existing in at least three allotropic forms, one that is yellow, poisonous, flammable, and luminous in the dark, one that is red, less poisonous, and less flammable, and another that is black, insoluble in most solvent, and the least flammable. The element is used in forming smoke screens, its compounds are used in matches and phosphate fertilizers, and it is necessary constituent of a plant and animal life in bones, nerves, and embryos. Symbol: P; atomic weight: 30.974; atomic number: 15; specific gravity: (yellow) 1.82 at 20°C, (red) 2.20 at 20°C, (black) 2.25-2.69 at 20°C.
What is a chemical formula?
Pronunciation: Chemical Formula
Part of Speech: Noun
Number of letters: 16 letters
Definition:
- Chemical formula is a noun meaning alternative name for molecular formula. A molecular formula is a chemical formula that indicates the kinds of atoms and the number of each kind in a molecule of a compound.
The compound Ammonium Phosphate has
12 hydrogen atoms
3 nitrogen atoms
4 oxygen atoms
1 phosphorus atom
Using the amount of atoms, this would be the corresponding subscript.
A subscript means written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
So to start, 12 hydrogen atoms would be H₁₂
3 nitrogen atoms would be N₃
4 oxygen atoms would be O₄
1 phosphorus atom would just stand alone as P
So using this we can combine them and create a chemical formula.
Therefore, the formula for Ammonium Phosphate would be:
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Eddie