释义 |
phosphorus pentoxide noun : a compound known in various polymeric forms (P2O5)x (as the dimer P4O10 in the vapor and one crystalline modification) that is obtained usually by burning phosphorus in an excess of dry air and occurs as a white powder that reacts vigorously and sometimes explosively with water to form phosphoric acids irritating to the skin and mucous membranes, and is used chiefly as a drying agent, as a condensing agent in organic synthesis, and in making phosphoric acids and derivatives; di-phosphorus pentoxide — called also phosphoric anhydride |