complex salt

noun

1. a salt that contains one or more complex ions Compare double salt

complex salt

1. A salt that contains two different types of metal atoms, one of which does not ionize when in solution. Mercury iodide (HgI ₂) is a complex salt.

2. Compare double salt simple salt

Example Sentences

The shots were fired shortly after 10 p.m. from a car as the three left The Complex, Salt Lake City police Lt.

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These include a wastewater treatment complex, salt mines, asphalt factories, cement plants, a lime and stone foundry, and a handful of steel mills all clustered in the tri-cities region.

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Arthranol is a highly complex salt made from a nitrogen compound, phosphorus and iodine.

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