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Tribasic acid

noun
1.
An acid containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms per molecule.





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... which only one hydrogen atom of the acid is replaced by the metal of the base. Thus sulphuric and carbonic acids yield NaHSO{4}, acid sulphate or bisulphate of soda, and NaHCO{3}, bicarbonate of soda, respectively. An example of a tribasic acid is phosphoric acid, H{3}PO{4}, and here we may have three different classes of salts of three various degrees of basicity or base-saturation. We may have the first step of basicity due to combination with soda, NaH{2}PO{4}, or monosodium phosphate, the second step, Na{3}HPO{4}, ...
— The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing - Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association • Watson Smith


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