acid




any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt


Type of:
  • compound; chemical compound

Types:
  • alkapton; alcapton; homogentisic acid
  • arsenic acid
  • cerotic acid; hexacosanoic acid
  • chloric acid
  • chlorous acid
  • monobasic acid
  • dibasic acid
  • tribasic acid
  • tetrabasic acid
  • fulminic acid
  • gamma acid
  • hydriodic acid
  • hydrocyanic acid; prussic acid
  • hydroxy acid
  • hyponitrous acid
  • lysergic acid
  • manganic acid
  • methacrylic acid; 2-methylpropenoic acid
  • selenic acid
  • sulfonic acid; sulphonic acid
  • titanic acid
  • perchloric acid
  • carboxylic acid
  • aminobenzoic acid
  • nitric acid; aqua fortis
  • nitrous acid
  • aqua regia; nitrohydrochloric acid
  • barbituric acid; malonylurea
  • lansoprazole; Prevacid
  • boric acid; boracic acid
  • boric acid; orthoboric acid
  • bromic acid
  • carbamic acid
  • carbolic acid; phenol; hydroxybenzene; oxybenzene; phenylic acid
  • carbonic acid
  • chromic acid
  • citric acid
  • cyanamide; cyanamid
  • cyanic acid
  • cyanuric acid
  • ferricyanic acid
  • ferrocyanic acid
  • fluoroboric acid
  • fluosilicic acid; hydrofluosilicic acid
  • formic acid
  • fumaric acid
  • gallic acid
  • glyceric acid
  • glycolic acid; glycollic acid; hydroxyacetic acid
  • hydrobromic acid
  • hydrochloric acid; chlorohydric acid
  • hydrogen chloride
  • hydrofluoric acid
  • hydroiodic acid
  • hypochlorous acid
  • iodic acid
  • isocyanic acid
  • itaconic acid
  • maleic acid
  • oxalacetic acid; oxaloacetic acid
  • oxalic acid; ethanedioic acid
  • oxyacid; oxygen acid
  • pantothenic acid; pantothen
  • para aminobenzoic acid; PABA
  • pectic acid
  • permanganic acid
  • phthalic acid
  • picric acid
  • pyruvic acid
  • dichromic acid
  • silicic acid
  • sulfanilic acid; sulphanilic acid
  • thiocyanic acid
  • toluic acid
  • triphosphoric acid
  • undecylenic acid
  • uric acid
  • vitriol; oil of vitriol; sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid
  • xanthic acid


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