Pasteur's salt solution

Pasteur's salt solution

[pa′stərz ′sȯlt sə‚lü·shən]

(analytical chemistry)

Laboratory reagent consisting of potassium phosphate and calcium phosphate, magnesium sulfate, and ammonium tartrate in distilled water.

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