tribasic
Americanadjective
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(of an acid) having three atoms of hydrogen replaceable by basic atoms or groups.
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containing three atoms or groups, each having a valence of one, as tribasic sodium phosphate, Na 3 PO 4 .
adjective
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(of an acid) containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms in the molecule
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(of a molecule) containing three monovalent basic atoms or groups in the molecule
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In the ordinary so-called raw phosphates, such as bone-meal, bone-ash, coprolites, &c., the lime and phosphoric acid are combined in the form of what is known, in chemical phraseology, as tribasic phosphate of lime.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman
Being a tribasic acid, it forms acid as well as normal salts.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
It is tribasic, forming three distinct classes of metallic salts.
From The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, by Cyril G. (Cyril George) Hopkins
We may obtain colloidal precipitates exactly analogous to coagulated albumin by mixing a weak solution of chloride of calcium with potassium carbonate or tribasic phosphate.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
The solution of arsenious oxide in water reacts acid towards litmus and contains tribasic arsenious acid, although on evaporation of the solution the trioxide is obtained and not the free acid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
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