acid salt
a salt of a polybasic acid that is only partially neutralized by a base; a salt that is also an acid.
Origin of acid salt
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How to use acid salt in a sentence
Then with your finger rub on the acid salt till the stain disappears.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches | Eliza LeslieThe phthallic acid salt of cotarnin—cotarnin phthallate—was introduced as Styptol.
In a tri-acid salt a certain voracity of the base is indicated, and in a tri-basic salt, of the acid.
The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing | Watson SmithThe modern method of deliming hides intended for sole leather is to use a weak solution of acid, or an acid salt.
Leather | K. J. AdcockDecomposition of the caffein acid-salt and considerable sublimation of the caffein also occur.
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British Dictionary definitions for acid salt
chem a salt formed by partial replacement of the acidic hydrogen atoms of the parent acid
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