adjective
- having only one hydrogen atom that can be replaced by a metal or positive ion
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- Hydrochloric acid is a monobasic acid.
- The monobasic compound can donate only one proton.
- Sodium hydroxide forms a monobasic salt with this acid.
- Students learned to identify monobasic acids in chemistry class.
- The reaction involves a monobasic phosphate group.
- This monobasic solution has a pH of 2.5.