ionizableadj.
/ˈʌɪənʌɪzəbl/, U.S. /ˈaɪəˌnaɪzəb(ə)l/ Physics and Chemistry.
Capable of being ionized.
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1895 G. M'Gowan tr. W. Ostwald Sci. Found. Analyt. Chem. iv. 54 Solutions of salts in alcohols are likewise ionisable, although to a far less extent.
1927 N. V. Sidgwick Electronic Theory of Valency iv. 52 Polar or ionizable linkages between the oppositely charged ions of a salt.
1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) lvii. 590 The reflected ray is passed into an ionization chamber, a metal vessel connected to an electrometer and containing an easily ionizable gas.
1968 R. F. Steiner Life Chem. ii. 27 Each amino acid in the free state contains at least two ionizable sites.
2007 Jrnl. Chromatogr. B. 853 234 When extracting ionisable compounds, most bioanalysts adjust the pH of the sample to achieve fully unionized compounds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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