phosphates
Title: phosphates
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phosphates
Phosphates in Water Pollution
Phosphates may be created by substituting some or all of the
hydrogen of a phosphoric acid by metals. Depending on the number of
hydrogen atoms that are replaced, the resulting compound is described as
a primary, secondary or tertiary phosphate. Primary and secondary
phosphates contain hydrogen and are acid salts. Secondary and tertiary
phosphates, with the exception of those of sodium, potassium and
ammonium are insoluble in water. Tertiary sodium phosphate …
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showed last 75 words of 802 total…to overcome the disastrous effects
of phosphates is to find an alternate. However, an acceptable substitute
for phosphates has not yet been found. Washing only with synthetic
detergents would require so much detergent that the cost per wash would
increase significantly. Another alternative is the substitution of
synthetic nonionic detergents for ionic detergents in use. Nonionic
detergents are not precipitated by Calcium of Magnesium ions. This
would reduce the risk contaminating our lakes and rivers
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