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Protoxide vs Protosalt - What's the difference?

protoxide | protosalt |

As nouns the difference between protoxide and protosalt

is that protoxide is (obsolete|chemistry) the oxide of a particular element (that has multiple oxides) having the smallest proportion of oxygen while protosalt is (chemistry) the form of a salt of a particular base / acid combination that has the lowest proportion of base.

protoxide

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete, chemistry) the oxide of a particular element (that has multiple oxides) having the smallest proportion of oxygen

    • protosalt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) The form of a salt of a particular base / acid combination that has the lowest proportion of base
  • (chemistry) A salt derived from a protoxide

    • See also

    * persalt