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weak acid

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weak acid [′wēk ′asĀ·əd]
(chemistry)
An acid that does not ionize greatly; for example, acetic acid or carbonic acid.


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This weak acid dissolved the area's limestone, chiseling out the earth.
Ironically, foods with weak acids help you become more alkaline.
The acid must be sufficiently volatile so that it can be readily evaporated in the spray drying process, but to achieve this, the volatile acid must also be a weak acid such that no significant amounts of the acid anions, which are not volatile, may be present at the end of the evaporation process.
 
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