Term Name: |
sodium diphosphate |
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- Diphosphoric acid, tetrasodium salt
- Natrium pyrophosphat
- Pyrophosphoric acid tetrasodium salt
- sodium diphosphate
- Sodium pyrophosphate
- Tetrasodium pyrophosphate
- TSPP
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Definition: |
An inorganic sodium salt comprised of a diphosphate(4-) anion and four sodium(1+) cations. More commonly known as tetrasodium pyrophosphate, it finds much use in the food industry as an emulsifier and in dental hygiene as a calcium-chelating salt.
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ChEBI
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