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• a variation of bisulfate.

bisulphate

British  

/ baɪˈsʌlˌfeɪt /

noun

1. a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO 4 or the ion HSO 4 ^–

2. (modifier) consisting of, containing, or concerned with the group -HSO 4 or the ion HSO 4 ^–

   bisulphate ion

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bisulphate

"Turner's test" is a mixture of 5 parts of bisulphate of potash and 1 part of fluor spar.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer

Alumina melts with bisulphate of potash into a mass soluble in water.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

We use fluorspar mixed with bisulphate of potassa as a test for lithia and boracic acid in complicated compounds.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

Some are best dyed from a bath containing bisulphate of soda.

From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Franklin Beech

Such an admixture can be detected if it be mixed with bisulphate of potassa, and exposed upon platinum wire to the interior or blue flame.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

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