persulphocyanic acid

English

Alternative forms

• persulfocyanic acid

Etymology

From per- (“of maximum proportion”) +‎ sulphocyanic acid.

Noun

persulphocyanic acid (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance, analogous to sulphocyanic acid, but containing more sulphur.

   Synonym: perthiocyanic acid

Derived terms

• persulphocyanate

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “persulphocyanic acid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)