acid

Introduction

A compound yielding H+ in polar solvents, i.e. water, thus lowering pH. Acids are characteristically sour to taste.

Laboratory

• acidity.titratable in gastric fluid
• acidity.total in gastric fluid
• acidity.titratable in urine

More general terms

• chemical substance

More specific terms

• anhydride
• arsenic acid
• boric acid
• carboxylic acid
• H+ (proton)
• H2CO3 (carbonic acid)
• hydrobromic acid (HBr)
• hydrochloric acid (HCl)
• hydrofluoric acid (HF)
• hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
• hypochlorous acid (HClO)
• Lewis acid
• Lewis base
• Lowry-Bronsted acid
• nitric acid (HNO3)
• perchloric acid (HClO4)
• periodic acid (HIO4)
• phosphonic acid; phosphorous acid (H3PO3, H2O3P+)
• phosphoric acid (H3PO4)
• sulfenic acid
• sulfinic acid
• sulfonic acid
• sulfur dioxide (SO2)
• sulfur trioxide (SO3)
• sulfuric acid (H2SO4)
• sulfurous acid (H2SO3)
• trichloroacetic acid