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ピロリン酸さん塩えん

also: ピロりんさんえん

Meanings

1

pyrophosphate

Technical term in chemistry; refers to a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid. Used in biochemistry, food additives, and industrial contexts.

ピロリン酸さん塩えんは食しょく品ひん添てん加か物ぶつとして使つかわれることがある。
Pyrophosphates are sometimes used as food additives.
この反はん応のうではピロリン酸さん塩えんが生せい成せいされる。
Pyrophosphate is produced in this reaction.

Kanji

酸acid, bitterness, sour
塩salt
燐phosphorus

Related words

リン酸さん塩えん
Phosphate; a simpler phosphorus oxyanion. Pyrophosphate is a dimer of phosphate.
ピロリン酸さん
Pyrophosphoric acid; the acid form from which pyrophosphate salts are derived.

Built from

ピロリン酸さん+塩えん

Written forms

ピロリン酸さん塩えん
Standard modern spelling using the simplified character 酸.
ピロ燐りん酸さん塩えん
Older variant using the traditional character 燐 for phosphorus; rarely seen in contemporary texts.
ピロりんさんえん

Etymology

From ピロ (pyro-, from Greek 'pyr' meaning fire, referring to high-temperature formation) + リン酸 (phosphoric acid) + 塩 (salt). The term reflects its chemical origin as a condensed phosphate.