CARBONIC See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

ACID  , in See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry, properly H2CO3, the See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid assumed to be formed when See also:

• CARBON (symbol C, atomic weight 12)

carbon dioxide is dissolved in See also:

• WATER

water; its salts are termed See also:

• CARBONATES

carbonates . The name is also given to the neutral carbon dioxide from its See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of forming salts with oxides, and on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the acid nature of its See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution; and, although not systematic, this use is very See also:

• COMMON

common .