Zinc pyrophosphate
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Zinc pyrophospate is an inorganic chemical compound
. It is useful in gravimetric analysis
of zinc. Zinc pyrophosphate
is obtained by precipitating zinc as a phosphate, then heating over 1123 K.
Chemical compound
A chemical compound is a pure chemical substance consisting of two or more different chemical elements that can be separated into simpler substances by chemical reactions. Chemical compounds have a unique and defined chemical structure; they consist of a fixed ratio of atoms that are held together...
. It is useful in gravimetric analysis
Gravimetric analysis
Gravimetric analysis describes a set of methods in analytical chemistry for the quantitative determination of an analyte based on the mass of a solid...
of zinc. Zinc pyrophosphate
Pyrophosphate
In chemistry, the anion, the salts, and the esters of pyrophosphoric acid are called pyrophosphates. Any salt or ester containing two phosphate groups is called a diphosphate. As a food additive, diphosphates are known as E450.- Chemistry :...
is obtained by precipitating zinc as a phosphate, then heating over 1123 K.