(chemistry) Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:-
Any of a class of water-soluble compounds, having sour taste, that turn blue litmus red, and react with some metals to liberate hydrogen, and with bases to form salts.
“Estimations were now made of the amounts of carbon contained in the samples taken from those parts of a sectional face most strongly and also most faintly corroded by acid.”
“What was the largest number of hippies dropping acid in the same place at the same time?”
“St. Maries and the iron-reducing acidophile Acidiphilium cryptum JF-5, both of which were unique to the digestive gland.”
“Examples of acid vegetation include specific plant associations dominated by heath, sphagnum moss and many other acidophile plants.”
“This study also suggested that another well known Fe-oxidizing acidophile, Leptospirillum ferrooxidans, could not account for the majority of microorganisms in most communities sampled.”
“She pointed out that most of the soft drinks use phosphoric acid as an acidulant.”
“Another highlight was Purac FIT Plus, Corbion Purac's multi-purpose acidulant for beverages.”
“Using lemon juice as acidulant has become increasingly important in recent years because of market trends toward using natural products that are free of additives.”
“Coral reefs, for instance, are suffering from the higher temperatures and the effects of acidification whilst also being weakened by bad fishing practices, pollution, siltation and toxic algal blooms.”
“The nutrient solution was changed every week to limit the acidification, and was oxygenated by an aquarium pump.”
“Acid rain falling back on Earth causes acidification of lakes and streams and contributes to damage of trees at high elevations.”
acidulousness
A state of or tendency toward being acidulous or somewhat sour or acid.
“Unusually high levels of malonic acid in the urine is often an indication of a genetic disorder known as malonic aciduria.”
“Similarly, a devastating disorder called glutaric aciduria was traced to an amino acid problem, with a treatment devised to reduce the risk of brain damage.”
“Conditions for which this effect has been demonstrated are: glutaric aciduria II, methyl malonic aciduria, propionic acidemia, and medium chain fatty acylCoA dehydrogenase deficiency.”