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Acidify   Listen
verb
Acidify  v. t.  (past & past part. acidified; pres. part. acidifying)  
1.
To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar.
2.
To sour; to imbitter. "His thin existence all acidified into rage."





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"Acidify" Quotes from Famous Books



... perhaps, has an influence on the properties of the metal. It is determined as follows:—Dissolve 10 grams of the copper in 35 c.c. of nitric acid and an equal bulk of water, boil off nitrous fumes and neutralise with soda, add 2 grams of carbonate of soda dissolved in water, boil, and filter. Acidify the filtrate with 2 or 3 c.c. of dilute nitric acid and dilute to 1 or 1-1/2 litres. Pass sulphuretted hydrogen through the cold solution till the copper is all down and the liquid smells of the gas. Filter ...
— A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. • Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer


Words linked to "Acidify" :   chemical science, sweeten, acidification, alkalize, change taste, turn, acid, acidulate, chemistry, sour, acetify, change state


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