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Record 1 2011-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

An acid having little or no positive charge and whose valence electrons are easily excited.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

[...] un acide mou possède un centre accepteur de forte polarisabilité et manifeste un comportement inverse quant à son aptitude à la coordination. Il n'existe pas de grandeur quantitative pour exprimer ces préférences.

OBS

acide mou : terme publié au Journal officiel de la République française le 8 octobre 2003.

Spanish

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