magic acid
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by Canadian inorganic chemist Ronald Gillespie.
Noun[edit]
magic acid (countable and uncountable, plural magic acids)
- (chemistry) A superacid, FSO3H-SbF5, consisting of a mixture of fluorosulfonic acid and antimony pentafluoride, capable of protonating even weak bases.