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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

It forms yellow crystals soluble in water; the aqueous solution on standing gradually depositing a basic salt.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

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

Thus obtained, the basic salt, which has the composition Sn2N2O7, is a snow-white crystalline powder, which is partially decomposed by water, and slowly oxidized by long exposure to the air, or by heating to 100°.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various

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