bisulfate

or bi·sul·phate

[ bahy-suhl-feyt ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a salt of sulfuric acid, containing the HSO4 group; an acid sulfate; a hydrogen sulfate, as sodium bisulfate, NaHSO4.

Origin of bisulfate

1
First recorded in 1860–65; bi-1 + sulfate

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