acid salt

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. a salt of a polybasic acid that is only partially neutralized by a base; a salt that is also an acid.

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acid salt British  

noun

1. chem a salt formed by partial replacement of the acidic hydrogen atoms of the parent acid

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Etymology

Origin of acid salt

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

Sample answer: Gatorade contains water, sugar, dextrose, citric acid, salt, sodium chloride, monopotassium phosphate, and sucrose acetate isobutyrate.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The first style is the commonly used and wholesome mixture of cream of tartar and baking soda; the second has calcium phosphate for the acid salt, and the third contains alum.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm

DEFINITION: An acid salt is one which can give the ions of an acid and of a salt when in solution.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

Then with your finger rub on the acid salt till the stain disappears.

From Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches by Leslie, Eliza

The same result can, in fact, be arrived at by heating dry aniline hydrochloride, i.e. the hydrochloric acid salt of aniline, with methyl alcohol or wood-spirit in strong metallic boilers under great pressure.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael