Talk:Pyrophosphate
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Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · history · refresh · how to use this template) Diphosphate redirects here - rated "high" as high school/SAT biology content (diphosphate) - tameeria 19:48, 22 February 2007 (UTC) |
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[edit] Chemical structure
What is the molecular structure of pyrophosphate anion P2O7(2-)?
163.175.162.3 15:11, 2 December 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Origin of the name pyrophosphate
Anyone know the origin of the name? I would have called it diphosphate. --Drewlew 06:31, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
- According to the OED, pyrophosphoric acid is obtained by heating phosphoric acid, and the prefix pyro- refers to that heat (πυρ, pur, means fire in Greek).
- Ben 10:55, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
