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phosphate group
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Phosphate
A
phosphate
(PO
4
3-
) is an
inorganic chemical
and a
salt
of
phosphoric acid
. In
organic chemistry
, a phosphate, or
organophosphate
, is an
ester
of phosphoric acid. Of the various
phosphoric acids and phosphates
, organic phosphates are important in
biochemistry
and
biogeochemistry
(
ecology
), and inorganic phosphates are
mined
to obtain
phosphorus
for use in agriculture and industry. At elevated temperatures in the solid state, phosphates can
condense
to form
pyrophosphates
.
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