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basicity

basicity
Noun

Meanings

Nounbasicity

The property of a substance that allows it to act as a base by accepting protons or donating electron pairs.

The chemist measured the basicity of the solution to determine its reactivity.

Nounbasicity

The number of replaceable hydrogen ions in an acid, or the number of hydroxyl groups in a base.

The basicity of phosphoric acid is three because it can donate three protons.

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