nitrosulphatenitrosulfaten.
/ˌnʌɪtrə(ʊ)ˈsʌlfeɪt/, U.S. /ˌnaɪtroʊˈsəlˌfeɪt/ Chemistry. Now rare.
A compound of a metal or base produced by treatment with nitro-sulphuric acid.
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1826 Dr. Bancroft in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 270 The result of these operations is the production of a fluid..which..I will call a nitro-sulphate of iron.
1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 784 Nitrosulphate of potash is white, very soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol.
1858 H. Watts & R. Bridges Graham's Elem. Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) iv. 187 Alkalies impart stability to nitrosulphate of ammonia, while acids decompose it.
1891 T. E. Thorpe Dict. Appl. Chem. II. 369/1 The iron mordant prepared by treating ferrous sulphate with nitric acid is sold as nitrosulphate or nitrate of iron, and is used in dyeing.
1907–17 Catholic Encycl. at Théophile-Jules Pelouze Discovering a new class of salts (nitro-sulphates) he based thereon a new analytical method for the determination of copper.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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