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CAPACITE NEUTRALISATION ACIDE [1 record]

Record 1 1986-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
DEF

The maximum ability of a substance to accept free protons, thus contributing to a decrease in the concentration of free protons in solution or to the stability of a chemical system upon the addition of acid.

CONT

The acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) is the sum of all the bases that can be titrated with a strong acid to a predefined equivalence point. The acid neutralizing capacity pertains to any substance capable of interacting with the hydrogen ion. These substances include the dissolved carbonates and hydroxide ion which comprise alkalinity, plus any other protolyte, adsorptive surface, or adsorptive substance (i.e. biological organisms).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
DEF

Résistance qu'un milieu ou qu'une substance chimique, soumis à des apports acides, peut opposer à l'acidification anthropique.

CONT

Le potentiel de neutralisation de l'acide, PNA (éq/mol minéral) pour un minéral carbonaté n'est guère différent de celui d'un minéral siliceux, quoique la cinétique de réaction de l'ion H+ avec les carbonates soit très rapide.

OBS

Pour de plus amples renseignements sur cette notion, consulter le cahier de néologie sur les pluies acides (OLFNE 1985 no 40-41).

Spanish

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