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persalt

American

[pur-sawlt] / ˈpɜrˌsɔlt /

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.

persalt British

/ ˈpɜːˌsɔːlt /

noun

any salt of a peracid

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Etymology

Origin of persalt

First recorded in 1810–20; per- + salt ¹

Example Sentences

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It is a compound of iron and cyanogen, of varying composition, formed by adding yellow prussiate of potash to a persalt of iron, or by oxidizing the precipitate obtained from the prussiate and a protosalt.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

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