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Tartrate vs Bismuthyl - What's the difference?

tartrate | bismuthyl |

In chemistry terms the difference between tartrate and bismuthyl

is that tartrate is any salt or ester of tartaric acid while bismuthyl is any tartrate in the form of a univalent radical, wherein only one replaceable hydrogen atom has been replaced by a base, causing it to have twice the amount of acid contained in a normal salt.

tartrate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) any salt or ester of tartaric acid

    • Derived terms

    * detartrate * tartaric

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    bismuthyl

    English

    Noun

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  • (chemistry) Any tartrate in the form of a univalent radical, wherein only one replaceable hydrogen atom has been replaced by a base, causing it to have twice the amount of acid contained in a normal salt.