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carbonic

/kahr-bon-ik/US // kɑrˈbɒn ɪk //UK // (kɑːˈbɒnɪk) //

碳素,碳酸,碳化,碳水化合物

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : containing tetravalent carbon, as carbonic acid, H2CO3.

Examples

  • It turns out that the carbon dioxide gas reacts with seawater to make carbonic acid.

  • Neither can there be any doubt that water and carbonic acid are the only substances from which these elements can be obtained.

  • Heavy and continued rain diminishes the quantity of carbonic acid, by dissolving and carrying it down into the soil.

  • And phosphate of lime is also taken up by water containing carbonic acid, or even common salt in solution.

  • In the flowers, both by day and night, there is a constant absorption of oxygen, and evolution of carbonic acid.

  • Each person exhales about fourteen cubic feet of carbonic acid gas in an hour.