CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
| Physical Description | White solid; [Merck Index] Beige powder; [Sigma-Aldrich MSDS] |
|---|---|
| Chemical Classes | Metals -> Phosphates, Metallic Salts |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
| Molecular Weight | 121.953 g/mol |
|---|---|
| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 0 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 4 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 0 |
| Exact Mass | 121.9349589 g/mol |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 121.9349589 g/mol |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 86.2 Ų |
| Heavy Atom Count | 6 |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Complexity | 36.8 |
| Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
| Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 2 |
| Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Aluminium phosphate is a phosphate of aluminum. It is used in cake mixes and in some baking powders as a leavening agent to help baked goods rise. Medicinally it is used as adsorbent for toxoids. It is also used industrially as a high-temperature dehydrating agent. Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust and is always found combined with other elements such as oxygen, silicon, and fluorine. (L739, L740, L769)