Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
A phosphate (PO43−) as an inorganic chemical is a salt of phosphoric acid. In organic chemistry a phosphate or organophosphate is an ester of phosphoric acid. Organic phosphates are important in biochemistry and biogeochemistry or ecology. 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.
