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| Other names Ammonium molybdophosphate Triammonium 12-molybdophosphate | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.031.545 |
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| Properties | |
| (NH4)3PMo12O40 | |
| Molar mass | 1876.35 g/mol |
| Appearance | Yellow crystals |
| Melting point | Decomposes |
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| H315, H319, H335 [2] | |
| P261, P305+P351+P338 [2] | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
Ammonium phosphomolybdate is the inorganic salt of phosphomolybdic acid with the chemical formula (NH4)3PMo12O40. The salt contains the phosphomolybdate anion, a well known heteropolymetalate of the Keggin structural class.
Ammonium phosphomolybdate can be made by heating ammonium orthomolybdate combined with phosphoric acid and nitric acid, yielding ammonium nitrate, water, and a yellow precipitate of ammonium phosphomolybdate is obtained. [3]
Normally, it often exists as a hexahydrate, a dark yellow fine crystal which is poorly soluble in water. [3]
It is also obtained as a test result for phosphate ions.