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magic acid

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Etymology

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Coined by Canadian inorganic chemist Ronald Gillespie.

Noun

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magic acid (countable and uncountable, plural magic acids)

 
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  1. (chemistry) A superacid, FSO3H-SbF5, consisting of a mixture of fluorosulfonic acid and antimony pentafluoride, capable of protonating even weak bases.
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