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- noun Plural form of
phosphate .
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Examples
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He also demanded hearings to find out why Chicago’s 1971 ban on household detergents containing phosphates is not being enforced.
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The phosphates are a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound PO4.
Composition of rocks 2007
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Quacks have done an immense amount of harm by frightening patients into the belief that they were suffering from discharges of this kind when there was, in fact, nothing more than a copious deposit of phosphates, which is not at all infrequent in nervous people, especially after eating.
Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897
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Phosphorus forms several series of salts; but the phosphates are the only ones which need be considered.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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Quacks have done an immense amount of harm by frightening patients into the belief that they were suffering from discharges of this kind, when there was, in fact, nothing more than a copious deposit of phosphates, which is not at all infrequent in nervous people, especially after eating.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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But the article in which the phosphates are the most convenient, because the most minutely distributed, is guano; and this, when judiciously used, must find favor wherever it can be obtained.
Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers Solon Robinson 1841
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Thanks to environmental protection laws passed in 16 states, dish detergent manufacturers have been forced to remove powerful cleansing agents called phosphates from their formulas nationwide.
FOXNews.com 2011
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Lapen says that the elements used back then were mostly found in minerals called phosphates, which succumb relatively quickly to weathering and geological processes.
Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews Science News 2010
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Beginning July 1, 2010, the amount of phosphorus (also known as phosphates) in home-dishwasher detergent sold in Washington state will be limited to 0.5 percent.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Phosphorylation is the attachment of chemical tags, known as phosphates, onto the amino acids in a protein.
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