~Compounds containing chromium as a base-forming element.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference

~Compounds containing manganese as a base-forming element.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference

As base-forming elements each of the metals forms two series of salts.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference

They are also called the base-forming elements, since their hydroxides are bases.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference

In carbon all base-forming properties have disappeared, and the acid-forming properties are more marked than in boron.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference

Lithium, at the beginning of the first group, is a very strong base-forming element, with pronounced metallic properties.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference

They differ from most of the elements so far studied in that they can act either as acid-forming or base-forming elements.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference

Beryllium, following lithium, is less strongly base-forming, while boron has some base-forming and some acid-forming properties.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference

Elements possessing these properties are usually base-forming in character, and the ability to form bases came to be regarded as a characteristic property of the metals.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference

A base-forming element 383 an acid-forming element 385 occurrence 383.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference

A base-forming element 380 an acid-forming element 381 in glass 263 occurrence 379 oxides 380.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference

"refined" of their husks present a highly starchy food, and unless they are properly balanced by base-forming substances, trouble is sure to follow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917] Reference