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acid radical

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. the remainder of an acid molecule after acidic hydrogen has been removed.


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The acid radical has travelled twice as fast as the metal.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

The form of these artificial pseudo-organic elements depends principally on the nature of the acid radical of the solid salt.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

As we have already seen, a salt is formed by the union of a metal M with an acid radical R. Potassium sulphate, K2SO4, consists of the metal K2 and the acid radical SO4.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

They may be regarded as ammonia, NH3, with one of its hydrogen atoms replaced by an acid radical; or as the acid with one of its hydrogens replaced by the NH2 group.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

Anilides, compounds in which the amino group is substituted by an acid radical, are prepared by heating aniline with certain acids; antifebrin or acetanilide is thus obtained from acetic acid and aniline.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various