Any salt or ester of orthophosphoric acid; an ordinary phosphate(noun)
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Use "orthophosphate" in a sentence
"That's because in June 2004 the Washington Aqueduct started adding a chemical called orthophosphate to the water."
"By January 2006, the orthophosphate treatment had brought the city into compliance."
"Part of the dissolved aluminum can subsequently settle in the sediments of atmospherically acidified lakes and reservoirs, reducing orthophosphate availability and disrupting the phosphorus cycling in those water bodies."