oxygen acid

American  

noun

1. oxyacid.

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oxygen acid British  

noun

1. another name for oxyacid

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Etymology

Origin of oxygen acid

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

They also form oxides and oxygen acids which resemble the corresponding sulphur compounds.

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It is a black solid melting at 570 degrees; it is a metallic looking element, will conduct electricity somewhat, oxidizes in air to form an acidic oxide, and forms strong oxygen acids.

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It is dissolved by the oxygen acids with the disengagement of oxygen gas.

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In later years Berzelius renounced the ``oxygen acid'' theory, but not before Davy, and, almost simultaneously, Dulong, had submitted that hydrogen and not oxygen was the acidifying principle.

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Write the names and formulas of the oxides and oxygen acids of selenium and tellurium.

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