orthoboric acid

American

[awr-thuh-bawr-ik, -bohr-, awr-thuh-] / ˈɔr θəˈbɔr ɪk, -ˈboʊr-, ˌɔr θə- /

noun

Chemistry.

boric acid.

orthoboric acid British

/ ˌɔːθəʊˈbɔːrɪk /

noun

the more formal name for boric acid

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Etymology

Origin of orthoboric acid

ortho- + boric acid

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The salts of the normal or orthoboric acid in all probability do not exist; metaboric acid, however, forms several well-defined salts which are readily converted, even by carbon dioxide, into salts of pyroboric acid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

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