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EQUILIBRE ACIDO-BASIQUE [2 records]

Record 1 2010-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrolysis (Electrokinetics)
  • Electrochemistry
  • Chemistry
DEF

Physiologically (or chemically) maintained equilibrium of acids and bases.

OBS

... the concept of equilibrium to acid-base chemistry - this concept states that reversible chemical reactions reach a point of balance, or equilibrium, at which the starting materials and the products are each regenerated by one of the two reactions as rapidly as they are consumed by the other.

OBS

plural form : acid-base equilibria.

Key term(s)
  • acid-base equilibria

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrolyse (Électrocinétique)
  • Électrochimie
  • Chimie
CONT

Il importe de remarquer qu'un grand nombre de réactions chimiques sont accélérées par les acides et les bases. Ce phénomène réside vraisemblablement dans le fait que les transferts de protons s'effectuent très rapidement; il est donc possible que des équilibres réversibles acide-base se stabilisent très vite [...]

OBS

Généralement, l'expression "acide-base" ne varie pas au pluriel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electrólisis (Electrocinética)
  • Electroquímica
  • Química
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Record 2 1993-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacologie
  • Fabrication des produits pharmaceutiques

Spanish

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