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(n.)A salt or ester of phosphoric acid.
(n.)A fertilizer containing phosphorus compounds.
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A phosphate , an inorganic chemical, is a salt of phosphoric acid. In organic chemistry, a phosphate, or organophosphate, is an ester of phosphoric acid. Organic phosphates are important in biochemi...
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CEEP = Centre Européen d'Etudes des Polyphates, the European detergent industry joint research association ... In detergents, phosphates fulfil a number of different functions, so that if they are not used several different chemicals must be added to replace them. Polyphosphates are also used in various industrial and...
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Phosphate in surface water. ... Phosphates enter waterways from human and animal waste, phosphorus rich bedrock, laundry, cleaning, industrial effluents, and fertilizer runoff. These phosphates become detrimental when they over fertilize aquatic plants and cause stepped up eutrophication.
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Phosphates are used clinically to treat hypophosphatemia, hypercalcemia (high blood calcium levels), as saline laxatives, and in the management of calcium-based kidney stones. They may also be of some benefit to patients with vitamin D resistant rickets, multiple sclerosis, and diabetic ketoacidosis.
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Phosphates are living organisms that come from many different sources. They come from human, animal, and industrial wastes. It can also come from human disturbance of the land. Phosphates are all around us, its in are grass on are front lawn.
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There are two forms of phosphates found in natural water, organic phosphates (bound to animal or plant tissue) and inorganic (not associated with organic material). Both should be present in natural aquatic systems and can be dissolved in the water or suspended (attached to particles in the water).
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Until recently, phosphates were in most detergents. They have been banned in laundry detergents in most states, but not from dishwashing detergents. The reason they were banned from laundry detergents is that the phosphates cause an algal bloom when they are present in the lakes and rivers.
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Rainfall can cause varying amounts of phosphates to wash from farm soils into nearby waterways. Phosphate will stimulate the growth of plankton and aquatic plants which provide food for fish. This increased growth may cause an increase in the fish population and improve the overall water quality.
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