persalt

[ pur-sawlt ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. (in a series of salts salt 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.

persalt

/ ˈpɜːˌsɔːlt /

noun

1. any salt of a peracid

Word History and Origins

Origin of persalt¹

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

Example Sentences

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 Project Gutenberg

From a numerous set of experiments the author showed that no salt of iron and no precipitate of iron equalled the common sulphate of iron—that is, the commercial copperas—for the purpose of ink- making; and that even the addition of any persalt, such as the nitrate or chloride of iron, though it improved the present color of the ink, deteriorated its durability.

From Project Gutenberg