Definition of Persalt

1. n. A term formerly given to the salts supposed to be formed respectively by neutralizing acids with certain peroxides.

Definition of Persalt

1. Noun. (chemistry) The form of a salt of a particular base / acid combination in which the base has the highest valency; i.e. the salt formally derived from a peroxide ¹

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Definition of Persalt

1. a chemical salt [n -S]

Medical Definition of Persalt

1. A term formerly given to the salts supposed to be formed respectively by neutralising acids with certain peroxides. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Persalt

perrisodactyls
perron
perrons
perroquet
perrots
perroudite
perruque
perruques
perruquier
perruquiers
perruthenate
perry
perryite
pers
pers.
persalt (current term)
persalts
persant
persaunt
persay
perscopate
perscopated
perscopates
perscopating
perscrutation
perscrutations
perse
persecuted
persecutee

Literary usage of Persalt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Art of Electrolytic Separation of Metals, Etc: (theoretical and Practical.) by George Gore (1894)
"It is quite possible to obtain a deposit of metallic iron, indirectly and apparently, but not really, from a solution of a persalt of iron, by employing a ..."

2. A Practical Treatise of Chemical Analysis: Including Tables for Calculations by Heinrich Rose (1848)
"But if the persalt of iron becomes basic by the addition of a larger quantity of ... When the solution of a neutral or of a basic persalt of iron is boiled, ..."

3. Chemistry by William Thomas Brande, Alfred Swaine Taylor (1863)
"It has been hitherto the custom to estimate iron by precipitating it by ammonia as peroxide from a persalt. The precipitate is simply washed with warm water ..."

4. Manual of Practical Assaying: Intended for the Use of Metallurgists by John Mitchell (1854)
"In dissolving the ore in an acid; hydrochloric acid, for example. 2. In treating the solution of the persalt of iron which results by sulphite of soda, ..."

5. Elements of Chemistry by Thomas Graham (1842)
"Sulphuretted hydrogen converts a persalt of iron into a ... potassium throws down prussian blue, but the fern- cyanide has no effect upon a persalt of iron. ..."

6. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1850)
"... or fourth operation of the same kind, the liquid appears almost colourless ; in which case it now contains no longer a trace of the persalt of iron, ..."

7. Chemistry Applied to Dyeing by James Napier (1853)
"When a piece of iron is put into a persalt solution ... persalt of iron composed of.... Oxygen Oxygen Oxygen Acid.... Acid.... Acid.... Piece of clean iron. ..."

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