Posted by veenu on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 10:43am.
mineral acid: an acid that does not have carbon in it.
Mineral base: a base that does not have carbon in it. Common alkaline bases (Ca(OH)2, NaOH) are all mineral bases. CH3OH is not.
Organic acids contain carbon, which is detectable with a mass spectrometer.
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