Acid test or acid tests may refer to:
Scientific or metallurgical test
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Acid test (gold)
An acid test is any qualitative chemical or metallurgical assay which uses acid; most commonly, and historically, the use of a strong acid to distinguish gold from base metals. Figuratively, acid test is any definitive test for some attribute, e.g ...
, a chemical or metallurgical test that uses acid, now also a general term for ''verified'', ''approved'', or ''tested'' in a large number of fields
*Acid test, within a
petrocalcic horizon, the use of hydrochloric acid to test rock or soil for carbonates
*In the classification of a rock's
lithology
The lithology of a rock unit is a description of its physical characteristics visible at outcrop, in hand or core samples, or with low magnification microscopy. Physical characteristics include colour, texture, grain size, and composition. Lit ...
, dilute hydrochloric acid may be used to detect the presence of carbonate minerals
Art, entertainment, and media
Bands
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Acid Test (band), a Canadian alternative rock band
*ACID-TEST, a Japanese band headed by singer
Kazutoshi Sakurai
is a Japanese musician. He composes and writes almost all of the songs for his band Mr. Children, in addition to writing lyrics and singing for his solo project group Bank Band. In 2006, Sakurai ranked No. 8 in HMV's "Top 30 Best Japanese Singe ...
Other uses
*"Acid Test", a song by Emma Pollock from her album ''
Watch the Fireworks'' (2007)
*"The Acid Test", a science quiz from 1994 to 1997 on ''
BBC Five Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station covering sport in the United Kingdom, broadcas ...
'', hosted by Kate Bellingham
Business
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Quick ratio
In finance, the quick ratio, also known as the acid-test ratio is a type of liquidity ratio, which measures the ability of a company to use its ''near cash'' or quick assets to extinguish or retire its current liabilities immediately. It is define ...
, also known as acid-test ratio or acid-test liquidity ratio, a measure of a company's cash liquidity
Computing and technology
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Acid1
Acid1, originally called the Box Acid Test, was a test page for web browsers. It was developed in October 1998 and was important in establishing baseline interoperability between early web browsers, especially for the Cascading Style Sheets 1.0 ...
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Acid2 and
Acid3
The Acid3 test is a web test page from the Web Standards Project that checks a web browser's compliance with elements of various web standards, particularly the Document Object Model (DOM) and JavaScript.
If the test is successful, the results ...
, test suites for web browsers
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ACID
In computer science, ACID ( atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) is a set of properties of database transactions intended to guarantee data validity despite errors, power failures, and other mishaps. In the context of databases, a sequ ...
(atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) is set of properties of database transactions intended to guarantee validity even in the event of errors
Other uses
*The
Acid Tests
The Acid Tests were a series of parties held by author Ken Kesey primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area during the mid-1960s, centered on the use of and advocacy for the psychedelic drug LSD, commonly known as "acid". LSD was not made illegal ...
, parties conducted by the Merry Pranksters, centered on the use of LSD (acid)
See also
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Acid (disambiguation)
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Litmus (disambiguation)
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