monobasic
[mon-uh-bey-sik]
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adjective
Chemistry. (of an acid) containing one replaceable hydrogen atom.
Biology. monotypic.
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Thus a negative sol is most easily precipitated by a monobasic acid.
Animal ProteinsHugh Garner Bennett
Monac′id, capable of saturating a single molecule of a monobasic acid; Monac′tinal, single-rayed.
A monobasic fatty acid, obtained by the saponification of myristin.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
The equilibrium ratio, used as an illustration in the text, is the equilibrium ratio for monobasic acids.
In point of fact, for strong acids, this ratio holds as little as does the equilibrium ratio for the monobasic acids.
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