Metaphosphate

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cyclic trimetaphosphate

A metaphosphate ion is an oxyanion that has the empirical formula PO3−.1 The structure of a metaphosphate ion can be described as being made up of PO4 structural units in which each unit shares two corners with another unit. This can come about in two ways.

  • Formation of a ring, as in trimetaphosphate, illustrated.
  • Formation of an infinite chain, with the same structure as in ammonium metavanadate

See also

References

  1. ^ Averbuch-Pouchot, M.T; A. Durif, A. (1996). Topics in Phosphate Chemistry. World Scientific Pub Co Inc. ISBN 981-02-2634-9.