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Sodium trimetaphosphate
Sodium
trimetaphosphate
, with
formula
Na
3
P
3
O
9
, is a
metaphosphate
of
sodium
. It has the
empirical formula
NaPO
3
. It is the
sodium salt
of
trimetaphosphoric acid
. It is a
colourless
solid
that finds
specialised
applications
in
food
and
construction
industries
.
STMP
is prepared by
heating
sodium polyphosphate
at a few
hundred
degrees
.
Although
drawn
with a particular
resonance structure
, the trianion has D
3d
symmetry.