Meaning | A solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization. |
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Narrower | Paris green | A toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate |
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Rochelle salt, Rochelle salts, potassium sodium tartrate | A double salt used in Seidlitz powder |
alum, potassium alum, potash alum | A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum |
alum, ammonia alum, ammonium alum | A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum |
Broader | salt | A compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal) |
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solid solution, primary solid solution | A homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicals |