Definition of Monobasic acid

1. Noun. An acid containing only one replaceable hydrogen atom per molecule.

Generic synonyms: Acid

Medical Definition of Monobasic acid

1. An acid containing one ionizable atom of hydrogen in the molecule. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monobasic Acid

monoarsenide
monoarthritis
monoarticular
monoaryl
monoarylated
monoarylation
monoarylations
monoatomic
monoautochronic
monoauxotroph
monoaxial
monobactam
monobactams
monobasic
monobasic acid (current term)
monobasic ammonium phosphate
monobenzone
monobjective binocular microscope
monoblast
monoblastic leukemia
monobloc
monoblock
monoblocs
monoblstic leukaemia
monobrachius
monobridged
monobromated
monobromide

Literary usage of Monobasic acid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1852)
"... and, moreover, it has lately been shown that even a decidedly monobasic acid maybe ... tho combination of a neutral salt of a monobasic acid with the ..."

2. A Treatise on the Principles of Chemistry by Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir (1889)
"... method for finding the maximum molecular conductivity of a monobasic acid from observations of the conductivity of its sodium salt at stated dilutions. ..."

3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1888)
"Salicylic acid was first thought to be a monobasic acid, but was afterwards ... Further researches have shown that it is both a monobasic acid and a phenol, ..."

4. First principles of chemistry for the use of colleges and schools by Benjamin Silliman (1861)
"But if an equivalent of a monobasic acid reacts with sulphuric acid, it still retains its saline power in combination, and the result is ..."

5. Inorganic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1898)
"If a monobasic acid acts upon a ... If a monobasic acid acts upon a diacid base two reactions are possible, just as when a ..."

6. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"Each monobasic acid can form but one ether, ! laborious journeys into Africa, ... A monobasic acid cannot form ' even as far as the shores of the Atlantic, ..."

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