hypophosphite

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A salt used in industry and laboratories for metal plating and in chemical reactions

noun
/ˌhaɪpəˈfɔsfɪt/

Specialized

: hipofosfito

In the present case, hypophosphite was selected as the reducing agent.

So I found some potassium hypophosphite and potassium chlorate.

Examples

So I found some potassium hypophosphite and potassium chlorate.

The Royal Institution
Phosphorus codeposition normally occurs in electroless nickel and cobalt solutions involving a hypophosphite reducing agent.

Academic text (1998)
A summary of the likely reactions involved in the electroless barrier deposition process involving hypophosphite as a reducing agent is as follows for the Co case:

Academic text (1998)
It should be noted that lower-pH formulations based on hypophosphite and dimethylaminoborane have recently been reported, and that this may lead to wider use of electroless plating of copper in the future.

Academic text (1998)
In the experiment, we used hypophosphite to reduce silver ions in a solution.
The laboratory synthesized new compounds using sodium hypophosphite as a key ingredient.
Researchers studied the effectiveness of hypophosphite in reducing metal oxides during the chemical reaction.

Surface Forms

hypophosphite singular

hypophosphites plural

Morphology

hypophosphite = phosphite (opaque) = hypo + phosphite

The word is technically built from a chemical base with the prefix 'hypo-', but the full meaning depends on specialized nomenclature rather than a meaning most learners can infer from the parts.

Etymology

The word hypophosphite comes from hypo- meaning 'under' or 'less than' and phosphite from phosphorus plus -ite meaning 'salt'. So hypophosphite literally means a 'lesser phosphorus salt', which fits because it is the salt of a lower form of phosphorus acid.