Phosphate Group
A phosphate group is an ion that contains one phosphorous atom bonded to four oxygen atoms. It is typically derived from a phosphoric acid and is anionic, having a negative three charg...
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Phosphate
A phosphate is a salt that is prepared from orthophosphoric acid. Phosphates are usually sodium salts but can also include potassium, calcium, magnesium, and ammonium salts as well. The phos...
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Phosphates
Phosphorus is essential to the growth of biological organisms, including both their metabolic and photosynthetic processes. Phosphorus occurs naturally in bodies of water mainly in the form...
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Phosphates
Pure phosphorus is rare in nature. It usually combines with oxygen to form phosphate ions or groups (PO 3- 4 ). Phosphates are considered organic when phosphate groups attach to carbon atom...
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Corporate description
Jost Chemical Co. is a leading manufacturer of high-purity specialty chemicals for the pharmaceutical, nutritional, and reagent markets. Jost's manufacturing facility...
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China's environmental watchdog ordered factories polluting a scenic lake to stop production Tuesday, following an algae bloom that contaminated the drinking water supply for 2 million people.Foul-s...
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U.S. farmers are trying to increase corn production to meet growing demand for ethanol. Without enough fertilizer to help corn crops grow, farmers will not meet that demand.Rising demand for ethano...
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Chinese investigators are still searching for the cause of at least six deaths among patients who received the same brand of antibiotic, a deputy health minister said Thursday, .
Local off...
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Railroad operator CSX Corp. said Tuesday its profit rose more than 5 percent in the fourth quarter, as expanding business and productivity increases offset sharply higher fuel costs.CSX said it rep...
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Shares of Fremont General (The New America, Dec. 13, 2003) surged Tuesday after the struggling lender put its future in the hands of a well-known turnaround specialist.The Santa Monica, Calif.-base...
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A popular over-the-counter laxative used to flush out patients' bowels before procedures such as colonoscopies has caused serious kidney damage and even death, a series of lawsuits filed across the...
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Area: 811 sq km (313 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 93,600Capital: Government offices on three islets of South TarawaHead of state and government:
President
Anote
Tong
Kiribati
was in the diplo...
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Area: 25.6 sq km (9.9 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 10,600Capital: Government offices in Vaiaku, Fongafale islet, of
Funafuti Atoll
Chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by
Governor-Ge...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
LATE RESPONSE TO FOOD POISONING (The Japan Times, an
English-language daily)
News that more than a thousand people have suffered food...
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