vanadic acid


noun Chemistry.

any of certain acids containing vanadium, especially one having the formula H3VO4.

Origin of vanadic acid

First recorded in 1830–40

British Dictionary definitions for vanadic acid

vanadic acid

noun

any one of various oxyacids of vanadium, such as H 3 VO 4 (orthovanadic acid), HVO 4 (metavanadic acid), and H 4 V 2 O 7 (pyrovanadic acid), known chiefly in the form of their vanadate salts