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so'dium ammo'nium phos'phate



Chem.
a colorless, odorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, NaNH4HPO4·4H2O, originally obtained from human urine: used as a blowpipe flux in testing metallic oxides. Also called microcosmic salt, salt of phosphorus.

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sodium amidesodium arsenite
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