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Definition of Polybasic
1. a. Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several molecules of a monacid base; having several hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced by basic radicals; -- said of certain acids; as, sulphuric acid is polybasic.
Definition of Polybasic
1. Adjective. (chemistry of an acid) containing two or more replaceable hydrogen atoms ¹
2. Adjective. (chemistry of a salt) having two or more atoms of a univalent metal ¹
3. Adjective. (chemistry of a base) Having two or more basic groups; see also polybase ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polybasic
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Literary usage of Polybasic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scientific foundations of analytical chemistry: Treated in an Elementary by Wilhelm Ostwald (1900)
"polybasic Acids While monobasic acids allow of a sharp titration, even when they
are relatively weak, some polybasic acids of markedly acid character show ..."
2. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"The organic acids may be subdivided into monobasic, dibasic, tribasic, or polybasic,
according as they contain one, two, three or more atoms of hydrogen, ..."
3. Chemical Recreations, a Popular Manual of Experimental Chemistry by John Joseph Griffin (1860)
"polybasic Adds. The term polybasic acid implies that you can have compounds in
... The special kinds of polybasic acids, to which reference is chiefly made, ..."
4. A History of Chemistry from Earliest Times to the Present Day: Being Also an by Ernst von Meyer (1898)
"... the aid of his own admirable and comprehensive researches upon a large number
of acids, he was able to firmly establish his theory of polybasic acids. ..."
5. Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry: A Course of Laboratory and Classroom Study by Arthur Alphonzo Blanchard, Joseph Warren Phelan (1922)
"IONIZATION OF polybasic ACIDS It is usually true with polybasic acids that one
hydrogen radical ionizes with greater facility than the remaining ones. ..."
6. Manual of chemistry. A guide to lectures and laboratory work for beginners by William Simon (1901)
"polybasic AND HYDROXY-ACIDS. 44. polybasic AND HYDROXY-ACIDS. Dibasic acids of
the general composition CnH2n.2O4. Oxalic acid H,C,O, or (CO,H)a. ..."
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