persalt

[pur-sawlt]

noun Chemistry.

(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
(loosely) the salt of a peroxy acid.

Origin of persalt

First recorded in 1810–20; per- + salt¹

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If a solution of a persalt of iron is now added to the fluid, a blue precipitate is formed.
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Prussian blue, with a persalt of iron or tin as a mordant, gives a very splendid dark blue.
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Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for persalt

persalt

noun

any salt of a peracid

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persalt in Medicine

persalt

(pûr′sôlt′)

A salt containing the greatest proportion possible of the peroxy group.

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