persalt

persalt [pur-sawlt] ExamplesWord Origin noun Chemistry.

1. (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.
2. (loosely) the salt of a peroxy acid.

Origin of persalt First recorded in 1810–20; per- + salt1 Examples from the Web for persalt Historical Examples of persalt

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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British Dictionary definitions for persalt persalt noun

1. any salt of a peracid

persalt in Medicine persalt [pûr′sôlt′] n.

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