superphosphate

See also: Superphosphate

English

Etymology

super- +‎ phosphate

Noun

superphosphate (countable and uncountable, plural superphosphates)

  1. A fertilizer produced by the action of concentrated sulfuric acid on powdered phosphate rock.
  2. A phosphate containing the greatest amount of phosphoric acid that can combine with the base.

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