Phosphates (salts)

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphosphate)

Polyphosphates are salts or esters of polymeric oxyanions formed from tetrahedral PO4 (phosphate) structural units linked together by sharing oxygen atoms. Polyphosphates can adopt linear or a cyclic ring structures. In biology the polyphosphate esters AMP, ADP and ATP are involved in energy storage. (Wikipedia)

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15-Oct-2012

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