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115 relations: Acid, Acid strength, Acid–base reaction, Adduct, Alchemy, Alkali, Alkoxide, Aluminium hydroxide, Amine, Ammonia, Ammonia solution, Animism, Aqueous solution, Atomic orbital, Azanide, Barium hydroxide, Barium oxide, Base (chemistry), Base-richness, Boron trifluoride, Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory, Caesium hydroxide, Calcium hydroxide, Calcium oxide, Carbanion, Carbon, Catalysis, Chemical equilibrium, Chemical reaction, Chemistry, Conjugate (acid-base theory), Coordination complex, Copper(II) hydroxide, Corrosion, Degree of ionization, Deprotonation, Derivative (chemistry), Diethynylbenzene dianion, Dissociation (chemistry), Double bond, Electron, Electron pair, Equilibrium constant, Gilbert N. Lewis, Guanidine, Guillaume-François Rouelle, Hydride, Hydrogen chloride, Hydrogenation, Hydron (chemistry), ... Expand index (65 more) »
- Bases (chemistry)
Acid
An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. hydrogen ion, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis acid.
Acid strength
Acid strength is the tendency of an acid, symbolised by the chemical formula HA, to dissociate into a proton, H+, and an anion, A-.
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Acid–base reaction
In chemistry, an acid–base reaction is a chemical reaction that occurs between an acid and a base. Base (chemistry) and acid–base reaction are bases (chemistry).
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Adduct
In chemistry, an adduct (alternatively, a contraction of "addition product") is a product of a direct addition of two or more distinct molecules, resulting in a single reaction product containing all atoms of all components.
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Alchemy
Alchemy (from Arabic: al-kīmiyā; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, khumeía) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe.
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Alkali
In chemistry, an alkali (from lit) is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal.
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Alkoxide
In chemistry, an alkoxide is the conjugate base of an alcohol and therefore consists of an organic group bonded to a negatively charged oxygen atom.
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Aluminium hydroxide
Aluminium hydroxide,, is found in nature as the mineral gibbsite (also known as hydrargillite) and its three much rarer polymorphs: bayerite, doyleite, and nordstrandite.
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Amine
In chemistry, amines are compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair.
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Ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula. Base (chemistry) and Ammonia are bases (chemistry).
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Ammonia solution
Ammonia solution, also known as ammonia water, ammonium hydroxide, ammoniacal liquor, ammonia liquor, aqua ammonia, aqueous ammonia, or (inaccurately) ammonia, is a solution of ammonia in water.
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Animism
Animism (from meaning 'breath, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.
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Aqueous solution
An aqueous solution is a solution in which the solvent is water.
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Atomic orbital
In quantum mechanics, an atomic orbital is a function describing the location and wave-like behavior of an electron in an atom.
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Azanide
Azanide is the IUPAC-sanctioned name for the anion.
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Barium hydroxide
Barium hydroxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula Ba(OH)2.
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Barium oxide
Barium oxide, also known as baria, is a white hygroscopic non-flammable compound with the formula BaO.
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Base (chemistry)
In chemistry, there are three definitions in common use of the word "base": Arrhenius bases, Brønsted bases, and Lewis bases. Base (chemistry) and base (chemistry) are bases (chemistry) and chemical compounds.
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Base-richness
In ecology, base-richness is the level of chemical bases in water or soil, such as calcium or magnesium ions.
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Boron trifluoride
Boron trifluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula.
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Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory
The Brønsted–Lowry theory (also called proton theory of acids and bases) is an acid–base reaction theory which was first developed by Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted and Thomas Martin Lowry independently in 1923.
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Caesium hydroxide
Caesium hydroxide is a strong base (pKa.
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Calcium hydroxide
Calcium hydroxide (traditionally called slaked lime) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ca(OH)2.
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Calcium oxide
Calcium oxide (formula: CaO), commonly known as quicklime or burnt lime, is a widely used chemical compound. Base (chemistry) and Calcium oxide are bases (chemistry).
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Carbanion
In organic chemistry, a carbanion is an anion in which carbon is negatively charged.
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Carbon
Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.
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Catalysis
Catalysis is the increase in rate of a chemical reaction due to an added substance known as a catalyst.
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Chemical equilibrium
In a chemical reaction, chemical equilibrium is the state in which both the reactants and products are present in concentrations which have no further tendency to change with time, so that there is no observable change in the properties of the system.
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Chemical reaction
A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another.
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Chemistry
Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter.
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Conjugate (acid-base theory)
A conjugate acid, within the Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory, is a chemical compound formed when an acid gives a proton to a base—in other words, it is a base with a hydrogen ion added to it, as it loses a hydrogen ion in the reverse reaction.
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Coordination complex
A coordination complex is a chemical compound consisting of a central atom or ion, which is usually metallic and is called the coordination centre, and a surrounding array of bound molecules or ions, that are in turn known as ligands or complexing agents.
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Copper(II) hydroxide
Copper(II) hydroxide is the hydroxide of copper with the chemical formula of Cu(OH)2.
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Corrosion
Corrosion is a natural process that converts a refined metal into a more chemically stable oxide.
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Degree of ionization
The degree of ionization (also known as ionization yield in the literature) refers to the proportion of neutral particles, such as those in a gas or aqueous solution, that are ionized.
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Deprotonation
Deprotonation (or dehydronation) is the removal (transfer) of a proton (or hydron, or hydrogen cation), (H+) from a Brønsted–Lowry acid in an acid–base reaction.
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Derivative (chemistry)
In chemistry, a derivative is a compound that is derived from a similar compound by a chemical reaction. Base (chemistry) and derivative (chemistry) are chemical compounds.
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Diethynylbenzene dianion
In organic chemistry, a diethynylbenzene dianion is an anion consisting of two ethynyl anions as substituents on a benzene ring.
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Dissociation (chemistry)
Dissociation in chemistry is a general process in which molecules (or ionic compounds such as salts, or complexes) separate or split into other things such as atoms, ions, or radicals, usually in a reversible manner.
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Double bond
In chemistry, a double bond is a covalent bond between two atoms involving four bonding electrons as opposed to two in a single bond.
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Electron
The electron (or in nuclear reactions) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge.
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Electron pair
In chemistry, an electron pair or Lewis pair consists of two electrons that occupy the same molecular orbital but have opposite spins.
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Equilibrium constant
The equilibrium constant of a chemical reaction is the value of its reaction quotient at chemical equilibrium, a state approached by a dynamic chemical system after sufficient time has elapsed at which its composition has no measurable tendency towards further change.
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Gilbert N. Lewis
Gilbert Newton Lewis (October 23 or October 25, 1875 – March 23, 1946) was an American physical chemist and a dean of the college of chemistry at University of California, Berkeley.
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Guanidine
Guanidine is the compound with the formula HNC(NH2)2. Base (chemistry) and Guanidine are bases (chemistry).
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Guillaume-François Rouelle
Guillaume François Rouelle (15 September 1703 – 3 August 1770) was a French chemist and apothecary.
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Hydride
In chemistry, a hydride is formally the anion of hydrogen (H&minus), a hydrogen atom with two electrons.
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Hydrogen chloride
The compound hydrogen chloride has the chemical formula and as such is a hydrogen halide.
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Hydrogenation
Hydrogenation is a chemical reaction between molecular hydrogen (H2) and another compound or element, usually in the presence of a catalyst such as nickel, palladium or platinum.
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Hydron (chemistry)
In chemistry, the hydron, informally called proton, is the cationic form of atomic hydrogen, represented with the symbol.
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Hydronium
In chemistry, hydronium (hydroxonium in traditional British English) is the cation, also written as, the type of oxonium ion produced by protonation of water.
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Hydroxide
Hydroxide is a diatomic anion with chemical formula OH−.
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Inorganic nonaqueous solvent
An inorganic nonaqueous solvent is a solvent other than water, that is not an organic compound.
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Ionization
Ionization (or ionisation specifically in Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand) is the process by which an atom or a molecule acquires a negative or positive charge by gaining or losing electrons, often in conjunction with other chemical changes.
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Iron(II) hydroxide
Iron(II) hydroxide or ferrous hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula Fe(OH)2.
See Base (chemistry) and Iron(II) hydroxide
Lead(II) hydroxide
Lead(II) hydroxide,, is a hydroxide of lead, with lead in oxidation state +2.
See Base (chemistry) and Lead(II) hydroxide
Leveling effect
Leveling effect or solvent leveling refers to the effect of solvent on the properties of acids and bases.
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Lewis acids and bases
A Lewis acid (named for the American physical chemist Gilbert N. Lewis) is a chemical species that contains an empty orbital which is capable of accepting an electron pair from a Lewis base to form a Lewis adduct. Base (chemistry) and Lewis acids and bases are bases (chemistry).
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Lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide
Lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide is a lithiated organosilicon compound with the formula.
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Lithium diisopropylamide
Lithium diisopropylamide (commonly abbreviated LDA) is a chemical compound with the molecular formula.
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Lithium hydroxide
Lithium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula LiOH.
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Lithium monoxide anion
Lithium monoxide anion is a superbase existing in the gas phase.
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Litmus
Litmus is a water-soluble mixture of different dyes extracted from lichens.
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Lone pair
In chemistry, a lone pair refers to a pair of valence electrons that are not shared with another atom in a covalent bondIUPAC Gold Book definition: and is sometimes called an unshared pair or non-bonding pair.
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Louis Lémery
Louis Lémery (25 January 1677 – 9 June 1743) was a French botanist and chemist.
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Magnesium hydroxide
Magnesium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Mg(OH)2.
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Magnesium oxide
Magnesium oxide (MgO), or magnesia, is a white hygroscopic solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase and is a source of magnesium (see also oxide).
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Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reduction
The Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley (MPV) reduction in organic chemistry is the reduction of ketones and aldehydes to their corresponding alcohols utilizing aluminium alkoxide catalysis in the presence of a sacrificial alcohol.
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Michael addition reaction
In organic chemistry, the Michael reaction or Michael 1,4 addition is a reaction between a Michael donor (an enolate or other nucleophile) and a Michael acceptor (usually an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl) to produce a Michael adduct by creating a carbon-carbon bond at the acceptor's β-carbon.
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N-Butyllithium
n-Butyllithium C4H9Li (abbreviated n-BuLi) is an organolithium reagent.
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Neutralization (chemistry)
In chemistry, neutralization or neutralisation (see spelling differences) is a chemical reaction in which acid and a base react with an equivalent quantity of each other.
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Nitric oxide
Nitric oxide (nitrogen oxide or nitrogen monoxide) is a colorless gas with the formula.
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Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol N and atomic number 7.
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Oxide
An oxide is a chemical compound containing at least one oxygen atom and one other element in its chemical formula.
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Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
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Paracelsus
Paracelsus (1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.
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Perchloric acid
Perchloric acid is a mineral acid with the formula HClO4.
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PH
In chemistry, pH, also referred to as acidity or basicity, historically denotes "potential of hydrogen" (or "power of hydrogen").
PH indicator
A pH indicator is a halochromic chemical compound added in small amounts to a solution so the pH (acidity or basicity) of the solution can be determined visually or spectroscopically by changes in absorption and/or emission properties.
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Potassium fluoride
Potassium fluoride is the chemical compound with the formula KF.
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Potassium hydroxide
Potassium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula KOH, and is commonly called caustic potash.
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Precipitation (chemistry)
In an aqueous solution, precipitation is the "sedimentation of a solid material (a precipitate) from a liquid solution".
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Protic solvent
In chemistry, a protic solvent is a solvent that has a hydrogen atom bound to an oxygen (as in a hydroxyl group), a nitrogen (as in an amine group or), or fluoride (as in hydrogen fluoride).
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Proton
A proton is a stable subatomic particle, symbol, H+, or 1H+ with a positive electric charge of +1 e (elementary charge).
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Protonation
In chemistry, protonation (or hydronation) is the adding of a proton (or hydron, or hydrogen cation), usually denoted by H+, to an atom, molecule, or ion, forming a conjugate acid.
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Rayon
Rayon, also called viscose and commercialised in some countries as sabra silk or cactus silk, is a semi-synthetic fiber, made from natural sources of regenerated cellulose, such as wood and related agricultural products.
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Resonance (chemistry)
In chemistry, resonance, also called mesomerism, is a way of describing bonding in certain molecules or polyatomic ions by the combination of several contributing structures (or forms, also variously known as resonance structures or canonical structures) into a resonance hybrid (or hybrid structure) in valence bond theory.
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Rubidium hydroxide
Rubidium hydroxide is the inorganic compound with the formula RbOH.
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Salt
In common usage, salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl).
Salt (chemistry)
In chemistry, a salt or ionic compound is a chemical compound consisting of an assembly of positively charged ions (cations) and negatively charged ions (anions), which results in a compound with no net electric charge (electrically neutral). Base (chemistry) and salt (chemistry) are chemical compounds.
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Self-ionization of water
The self-ionization of water (also autoionization of water, autoprotolysis of water, autodissociation of water, or simply dissociation of water) is an ionization reaction in pure water or in an aqueous solution, in which a water molecule, H2O, deprotonates (loses the nucleus of one of its hydrogen atoms) to become a hydroxide ion, OH−.
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Silver oxide
Silver oxide is the chemical compound with the formula Ag2O.
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Sodium acetate
Sodium acetate, CH3COONa, also abbreviated NaOAc, is the sodium salt of acetic acid.
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Sodium amide
Sodium amide, commonly called sodamide (systematic name sodium azanide), is the inorganic compound with the formula.
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Sodium bicarbonate
Sodium bicarbonate (IUPAC name: sodium hydrogencarbonate), commonly known as baking soda or bicarbonate of soda, is a chemical compound with the formula NaHCO3. Base (chemistry) and sodium bicarbonate are bases (chemistry).
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Sodium carbonate
Sodium carbonate (also known as washing soda, soda ash and soda crystals) is the inorganic compound with the formula and its various hydrates.
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Sodium hydride
Sodium hydride is the chemical compound with the empirical formula NaH.
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Sodium hydroxide
Sodium hydroxide, also known as lye and caustic soda, is an inorganic compound with the formula.
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Solubility
In chemistry, solubility is the ability of a substance, the solute, to form a solution with another substance, the solvent.
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Solvation
Solvation describes the interaction of a solvent with dissolved molecules.
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Solvent
A solvent (from the Latin solvō, "loosen, untie, solve") is a substance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution. Base (chemistry) and solvent are chemical compounds.
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Stoichiometry
Stoichiometry is the relationship between the weights of reactants and products before, during, and following chemical reactions.
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Strontium hydroxide
Strontium hydroxide, Sr(OH)2, is a caustic alkali composed of one strontium ion and two hydroxide ions.
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Sulfuric acid
Sulfuric acid (American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphuric acid (Commonwealth spelling), known in antiquity as oil of vitriol, is a mineral acid composed of the elements sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen, with the molecular formula.
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Superbase
A superbase is a compound that has a particularly high affinity for protons. Base (chemistry) and superbase are bases (chemistry).
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Svante Arrhenius
Svante August Arrhenius (19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a Swedish scientist.
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Tetramethylammonium hydroxide
Tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH or TMAOH) is a quaternary ammonium salt with molecular formula N(CH3)4+ OH−.
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Thermodynamic activity
In chemical thermodynamics, activity (symbol) is a measure of the "effective concentration" of a species in a mixture, in the sense that the species' chemical potential depends on the activity of a real solution in the same way that it would depend on concentration for an ideal solution.
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Tin(II) hydroxide
Tin(II) hydroxide, Sn(OH)2, also known as stannous hydroxide, is an inorganic compound tin(II).
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Titration
Titration (also known as titrimetry and volumetric analysis) is a common laboratory method of quantitative chemical analysis to determine the concentration of an identified analyte (a substance to be analyzed).
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Transition metal
In chemistry, a transition metal (or transition element) is a chemical element in the d-block of the periodic table (groups 3 to 12), though the elements of group 12 (and less often group 3) are sometimes excluded.
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Weak base
A weak base is a base that, upon dissolution in water, does not dissociate completely, so that the resulting aqueous solution contains only a small proportion of hydroxide ions and the concerned basic radical, and a large proportion of undissociated molecules of the base. Base (chemistry) and weak base are bases (chemistry).
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William B. Jensen
William Barry Jensen (born March 25, 1948, in Marshfield, Wisconsin) is an American chemist and chemical historian.
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Zeolite
Zeolite is a family of several microporous, crystalline aluminosilicate materials commonly used as commercial adsorbents and catalysts.
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Zinc hydroxide
Zinc hydroxide Zn(OH)2 is an inorganic chemical compound.
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See also
Bases (chemistry)
- Acid dissociation constant
- Acid–base reaction
- Alkoxides
- Amidines
- Amines
- Ammonia
- Base (chemistry)
- Calcium oxide
- Free base
- Guanidine
- Hydrazine
- Hydroxides
- Lewis acids and bases
- Lyate ion
- Methylenetriphenylphosphorane
- Non-nucleophilic bases
- Organic base
- Rubidium oxide
- Saponification
- Schlosser's base
- Sodium bicarbonate
- Soluene
- Superbase
- Superbases
- Transition metal alkoxide complex
- Weak base
References
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