ACETATE

n. A?s'e?t-at. Lat.. acetas. Fr., acétate. Ger., Acetat, e igsaures Salz. It., Sp., aceta to. A salt of acetic acid. For the individual a’s, see under the names of the bases.—Acid a. One in which the base replaces ony a part of that portion of the hydrogen of the acid that is capable of displacement.—Basic a. One in which one or more of the acid-radicle molecules (CjH30) have been replaced by oxygen or hydroxy! (OH); or, a combination of a normal a. with the hydrate or the oxide of the base. Various prefixes are a igned to the different basic a’s to designate the ratio between the number of molecules of the acid radicle and the number of molecules or atoms of the base; thus: a sesquibasic a. is one in which the ratio is as 2 to 3, a dibasic a. one in which it is as 1 to 2, a tribasic a. one in which it is as 1 to 3, a tetrabasic a. one in which it is as 1 to 4, and a sex basic a. one in which it is as 1 to 6. [B.]—Dibasic a. See Basic a—Neutral a., Normal a, One in which the base replaces all the hydrogen of the acid that is capable of displacement. [B.]—Sesquibasle a., Sex basic a., Tetrabasic a., Tribasic a. See Basic a.