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magic acid

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables
mag-ic acid
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A superacid, FSO₃H-SbF₅, consisting of a mixture of fluorosulfonic acid and antimony pentafluoride, capable of protonating even weak bases.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Coined by Canadian inorganic chemist Ronald Gillespie.

Usage

Inflected Forms

magic acids (plural)

Questions

What does magic acid mean?
A superacid, FSO₃H-SbF₅, consisting of a mixture of fluorosulfonic acid and antimony pentafluoride, capable of protonating even weak bases.
Where does magic acid come from?
Coined by Canadian inorganic chemist Ronald Gillespie.

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