basic salt

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a salt formed by the partial neutralization of a base.

Example Sentences

The precipitate is filtered off, washed thoroughly with water, and the basic salt dissolved and determined colorimetrically.

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A blue basic salt is precipitated first, which, on boiling, rapidly changes to the rose-coloured hydroxide.

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In a tri-acid salt a certain voracity of the base is indicated, and in a tri-basic salt, of the acid.

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It forms yellow crystals soluble in water; the aqueous solution on standing gradually depositing a basic salt.

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While this is taking place, a further quantity of the neutral aluminum salt splits up into more basic salt and free acid.

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