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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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 William McPherson
Ordinary resin, or colophony, consists chiefly of a monobasic acid having the empirical formula C20H30O2, known as sylvinic acid, whose exact structure is not known.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
It is a monobasic acid, forming one normal and two acid potassium salts, and basic salts with iron, aluminium, lead and copper.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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 Stéphane Leduc
They are all monobasic, and this fact is expressed in the formulas by separating the replaceable hydrogen atom from the rest of the molecule: H·CHO2 formic acid, a liquid boiling at 100°.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
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