Dictionary » N » Neutralize

Neutralize

neutralize

1. To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality. So here I am neutralized again. (Sir W. Scott)

2. (Science: chemistry) To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base.

3. To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference inefficience; to counteract; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc. Counter citations that neutralize each other. (E. Everett)

Origin: Cf. F. Neutraliser.


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



Results from our forum


Re: Flagellum Motor:Is this Scientific?

This would tend to neutralize NS in theory--a trade off good in one environment and bad in another. So what happens when the environment changes or they move to a different environment? This is exactly what natural selection is all ...

See entire post
by biohazard
Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:46 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Flagellum Motor:Is this Scientific?
Replies: 15
Views: 451

Re: Flagellum Motor:Is this Scientific?

... detrimental A Creationist Perspective of Beneficial Mutations in Bacteria by Kevin L. Anderson, PhD, and Georgia Purdom, PhD This would tend to neutralize NS in theory--a trade off good in one environment and bad in another. So what happens when the environment changes or they move to a different ...

See entire post
by AFJ
Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:17 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Flagellum Motor:Is this Scientific?
Replies: 15
Views: 451

Why the pH value decreased seriously in my algal culture?

... ml) NH4Cl 8g CaCl2 * 2H2O 1g MgSO4 *7H2O 2g Trace Mineral Solution (500 ml) 5 g disodium EDTA – dissolve in 400 ml water by heating and stirring Neutralize to pH 6.5 with 5N NaoH Add each of the following in order. Allow each to dissolve completely before adding the next. 0.5 g FeSO4*7H2O 2.2 ...

See entire post
by onlinebunny
Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:19 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Why the pH value decreased seriously in my algal culture?
Replies: 1
Views: 543

Why the pH value decreased seriously in my algal culture?

... ml) NH4Cl 8g CaCl2 * 2H2O 1g MgSO4 *7H2O 2g Trace Mineral Solution (500 ml) 5 g disodium EDTA – dissolve in 400 ml water by heating and stirring Neutralize to pH 6.5 with 5N NaoH Add each of the following in order. Allow each to dissolve completely before adding the next. 0.5 g FeSO4*7H2O 2.2 ...

See entire post
by onlinebunny
Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:49 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Why the pH value decreased seriously in my algal culture?
Replies: 0
Views: 499

Important unknown nanotech within humans

... aggregation of the particles. This can be accomplished by the addition of salt to a suspension or changing the pH of a suspension to effectively neutralize or "screen" the surface charge of the particles in suspension. This removes the repulsive forces that keep colloidal particles ...

See entire post
by vincio
Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:22 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Important unknown nanotech within humans
Replies: 28
Views: 6301
View all matching forum results

This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 590 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link