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basic salt

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noun

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


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It also means that they don't need much fussing over before grilling, so you can keep their preparation as simple as you want — even a basic salt and pepper rub will do.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2022

Beyond the basic salt and sugar solutions that ready the fish for flavor and color development in the smoker, the particulars of spices, flavorings and types of wood chips are open to interpretation.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

The mordanting operation aims at fixing upon the fibre the necessary metallic oxide or insoluble basic salt, which is called the mordant, although the term is also applied to the original metallic salt employed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

When the ammonium oxalate is substituted by the potassium salt, the operation becomes more difficult, as a basic salt is formed at the opposite pole, and is not easily reduced.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various

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