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A biphosphate is any of the following (due to fluctuations in chemical nomenclature over the centuries):
- One of the two phosphate ions which can be singular to 1 metal ion
- Monohydrogen phosphate, commonly known as hydrogenphosphate, also known as biphosphate(2-).(HPO⁴)²‐
- Dihydrogen phosphate, also known as biphosphate(1-).(H²PO⁴)‐
- Any salt of phosphoric acid in which only one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced by a metal ion
- Calcium biphosphate is monocalcium phosphate
- Potassium biphosphate is monopotassium phosphate
- Magnesium biphosphate is monomagnesium phosphate
- Sodium biphosphate is monosodium phosphate
- Any diphosphate, which may be:
- Any pyrophosphate
- Any simple pyrophosphate salt (which have no hydrogen atoms)
- Any organic pyrophosphate or any organic molecule with two phosphate groups
- Any salt or ester with two phosphate groups
- Any pyrophosphate
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