monobasic
Americanadjective
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Relating to an acid that contains only one hydrogen atom that can be replaced in an acid-base reaction. Hydrochloric acid (HCl) and nitric acid (HNO 3) are monobasic acids.
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Of or relating to a compound that contains one metal ion or positive radical.
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The writer found that we can produce this membrane in the unfertilised egg by certain acids, especially the monobasic acids of the fatty series, e.g. formic, acetic, propionic, butyric, etc.
From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)
The ion Na+ of the salt in the stomach contents exchanges with an ion H+ of the monobasic salts of the blood, NaHCO3 + NaCl = HCl + Na2CO3.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
Such acids as hydrochloric and nitric acids, which have only one replaceable hydrogen atom in the molecule, or in other words yield one hydrogen ion in solution, are called monobasic acids.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
This view, which was specially supported by Gay-Lussac and Leopold Gmelin and accepted by Berzelius, necessitated that all acids were monobasic.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
A small quantity of a monobasic acid was formed, which was identified as a hydroxypyromucic acid.
From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.
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