double salt

nounChemistry.

a salt that crystallizes as a single substance but ionizes as two distinct salts when dissolved, as carnallite, KMgCl3⋅6H2O.

Origin of double salt

First recorded in 1840–50

Words Nearby double salt

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How to use double salt in a sentence

The soluble compound which is formed is generally considered to be a double salt of theobromin sodium and sodium salicylate.
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The solution usually turned to a pasty mass, due to the formation of a tin double salt.
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Small double salt and pepper earthen vessel, box-shaped, and decorated.
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The double salt is non-toxic, though sometimes in exceedingly weak patients it produces vertigo.
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With sulphate of potassa it forms a double salt (manganese alum).
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British Dictionary definitions for double salt

double salt

noun

a solid solution of two simple salts formed by crystallizing a solution of the two salts: Compare complex salt

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Scientific definitions for double salt

double salt

A salt that crystallizes from an aqueous solution of a mixture of two different ions. The mineral dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2), for example, is a double salt that crystallizes from a solution containing both calcium and magnesium ions. Double salts exist only as solids. Compare complex salt simple salt.

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