Definitions
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- adjective causing formation of an alkali.
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- adjective yielding a base in aqueous solution
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Examples
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In carbon all base-forming properties have disappeared, and the acid-forming properties are more marked than in boron.
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~Compounds containing chromium as a base-forming element.
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~Compounds containing manganese as a base-forming element.
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As base-forming elements each of the metals forms two series of salts.
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Lithium, at the beginning of the first group, is a very strong base-forming element, with pronounced metallic properties.
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Elements possessing these properties are usually base-forming in character, and the ability to form bases came to be regarded as a characteristic property of the metals.
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Beryllium, following lithium, is less strongly base-forming, while boron has some base-forming and some acid-forming properties.
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They are also called the base-forming elements, since their hydroxides are bases.
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They differ from most of the elements so far studied in that they can act either as acid-forming or base-forming elements.
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a base-forming element 380 an acid-forming element 381 in glass 263 occurrence 379 oxides 380
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