Caro's acid

[kahr-ohz]

noun Chemistry.

persulfuric acid(def 1).

Origin of Caro's acid

named after Heinrich Caro (1834–1910), German chemist

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British Dictionary definitions for caro's acid

Caro's acid

noun

another name for peroxysulphuric acid

Word Origin for Caro's acid

C19: named after Heinrich Caro (died 1910), German chemist

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