Disulphate

[daɪ'sʌlfeɪt]

Definition

(n.) A salt of disulphuric or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.

(n.) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.

Typist: Waldo

Definition

n. a sulphate containing one atom of hydrogen replaceable by a base.—n. Disul′phide a sulphide containing two atoms of sulphur to the molecule—also Disul′phuret.—adj. Disulphū′ric containing two sulphuric-acid radicals.

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