persalt, per-salt Chem.
(ˈpɜːˌsɒlt, -ˌsɔːlt)
[f. per- 5 + salt.]
A salt formed by combination of an acid with the peroxide of a metal.
| 1820 Faraday Exp. Res. x. 30 The per-salts give it [rhubarb paper] an olive-green-tint, while the proto-salts produce no change. 1836–9 Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 504/1 A sub-phosphate, which on reaching the lungs became a per⁓salt. 1883 Hardwich's Photogr. Chem. (ed. Taylor) 61 Free Ammonia..usually throws down a red Sesquixoide from the Persalts of Iron. |