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2. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) The oxyacid of a particular element that has the largest number of oxygen atoms - e.g. perchloric acid ¹

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Definition of Peracid

1. a type of acid [n -S] - See also: acid

Medical Definition of Peracid

1. An acid containing a peroxide group (-O-OH); e.g., peracetic acid. Synonym: peroxy acid. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peracid

Literary usage of Peracid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1905)
"At the end of this time the peracid in i cc of the solution was represented by б-i cc N/ thiosulphate ; the unchanged peroxide by 6-6 cc Only a trace of ..."

2. Review of American Chemical Research by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Arthur Amos Noyes, William Albert Noyes (1904)
"Acetic peracid was, therefore, formed at the expense of the active oxygen of ... During the later stages of the reaction the peracid was decomposed faster ..."

3. Publications by Bureau of Government Laboratories, Philippines, Department of the Interior (1902)
"When the substance is hydrolyzed, the reaction consists in the formation of aceto-peracid, which remains in solution, and dibenzoyl peroxide, ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Small portions of a cold solution of peracid, prepared from the addition of ... This amount of peracid is somewhat different from that used by earlier ..."

5. Contributions to Medical Research: Dedicated to Victor Clarence Vaughan by by University of Michigan (1903)
"OH peracid. Just as the latter unites with another benzoyl group to form the dibenzoyl peroxide, so the former may unite with the ..."

6. Annual Report of the Directory of Lands by Philippines Bureau of Lands (1903)
"When the substance is hydrolyzed, the reaction consists in the formation of aceto-peracid, which remains in solution, and dibenzoyl peroxide which is ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"The last two compounds have no germicidal value of themselves, but they are readily hydrolyzed in the presence of water yielding benzo peracid ..."

8. A Textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics, or, the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1918)
"... (aceto-peracid). These bodies give off oxygen more slowly than hydrogen peroxide and surpass it in germicidal power; in fact they are as powerful ..."

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