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oxygen acid

n
(Elements & Compounds) another name for oxyacid
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.oxygen acid - any acid that contains oxygen
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
hypophosphoric acid - a crystalline tetrabasic acid (H4P2O6)
hypophosphorous acid, orthophosphorous acid, phosphorous acid - a clear or yellow monobasic acid (H3PO2)
polyphosphoric acid - a series of oxyacids of phosphorus
periodic acid - any acid of iodine that contains oxygen
orthophosphoric acid, phosphoric acid - an acid used in fertilizers and soaps: H3PO4
tungstic acid - an oxyacid of tungsten (often polymeric in nature) formed by neutralizing alkaline tungstate solutions
vanadic acid, vanadium pentoxide - any of various oxyacids of vanadium; known mostly in the form of its salts
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