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acidify

/uh-sid-uh-fahy/US // əˈsɪd əˌfaɪ //UK // (əˈsɪdɪˌfaɪ) //

酸化,发酸,发酵

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Definitions

  1. 1

    a·cid·i·fied, a·cid·i·fy·ing.

    • : to make or become acid; convert into an acid.
    • : to make or become sour.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inferment
Forms: acidified, acidifying

Examples

  • As humans produce more carbon dioxide from fossil fuels, some of it ends up in the ocean — where it acidifies the water.

  • Evaporate to a thin syrup, acidify strongly with phosphoric acid.

  • Boil off the gas, add ammonia until a precipitate is formed, and then acidify somewhat strongly with acetic acid.

  • Acidify the liquor with nitric and boil down to about 100 c.c.

  • Extract with water, acidify with acetic acid, and estimate volumetrically as described under Sulphur.

  • Acidify the solution of soluble ash, obtained in 9, with dilute nitric acid and determine phosphoric acid (P2O5).