carbonic
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ɪk adjective
containing tetravalent carbon, as carbonic acid, H 2 CO 3 .
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| —adj | |
| (of a compound) containing carbon, esp tetravalent carbon | |
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Carbonic
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Example sentences
Dissolved in the ocean, it forms carbonic acid which dissolved the calcium shells of oxygen producing phytoplankton.
Carbonic acid is especially effective at dissolving limestone.
Carbonic acid should never be confused with carbolic acid, an antiquated name for phenol.
Carbonic acid also plays a very important role as a buffer in mammalian blood.
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