
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
Sodium diphosphate is an inorganic sodium salt comprised of a diphosphate(4) anion and four sodium(1+) cations. More commonly known as tetrasodium pyrophosphate, it finds much use in the food industry as an emulsifier and in dental hygiene as a calcium-chelating salt. It has a role as a chelator, a food emulsifier and a food thickening agent. It contains a diphosphate(4-). — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- tetrasodium;phosphonato phosphate
- Molecular formula
- Na4O7P2
- Molecular weight
- 265.90 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 265.87100346 Da
- Topological polar surface area
- 136.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 7
- Covalent units
- 5
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:71240
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL450079
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID9042465
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