PERSULFURIC ACID


Meaning of PERSULFURIC ACID in English

|pər, |per+...- noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary per- + sulfuric; probably originally formed as French persulphurique

: either of two peroxy acids of sulfur:

a. : a crystalline strongly oxidizing acid H 2 S 2 O 8 obtained usually by electrolysis of sulfuric acid and used chiefly in making hydrogen peroxide and in the form of salts — called also peroxydisulfuric acid; not used systematically

b. : permonosulfuric acid

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