tribasic in English
adjective
1
(of an acid) having three replaceable hydrogen atoms.
Other alkalis, such as ammonium carbonate, sodium tribasic phosphate, acetone, and various glycols (such as triethanolamine, pH 8 at 1% dilution), are sometimes used.
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1. Milestone has developed an innovative, pure unbuffered 10% EDTA solution, based on a stoichiometric mixture of Bibasic or tribasic EDTA to reach this pH value without the addition of an acid/base buffer.
2. Boric acid, also called hydrogen borate, boracic acid, and orthoBoric acid is a weak, monobasic Lewis acid of boron.However, some of its behaviour towards some chemical reactions suggest it to be tribasic acid in the Brønsted sense as well