Phorate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Phorate is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) An organophosphorus compound with chemical formula C₈H₄O₃, used as a pesticide. [O,O-diethyl S-ethylthiomethyl phosphorodithioate ].
Meaning
(organic chemistry) An organophosphorus compound with chemical formula C₈H₄O₃, used as a pesticide. [O,O-diethyl S-ethylthiomethyl phosphorodithioate ].
Example Sentences
"Unlabelled phorate and terbufos were purified by Florisil column chromatography according to the method of Patchett and Batchelder."
Five of these chemicals – naled, methamidophos, trichlorfon, chlorpyrifos and phorate – showed up in at least 10% of the cord blood samples.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include phosphorodithioate, organothiophosphate, organophosphate, organophosphorothioate, phosphinate, organophosphofluoridate.
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