acetic acid meaning

• Noun: acetic acid  u'seetik 'asid
  1. A colourless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
     - ethanoic acid

  Derived forms: acetic acids

  See also: acetic, acetylic

  Type of: carboxylic acid

  Part of: Acular, Cataflam, diclofenac potassium, diclofenac sodium, etodolac, Indocin, indomethacin, ketorolac, ketorolac tromethamine, Lodine, Toradol, Torodal, Voltaren

  Encyclopedia: Acetic acid

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  [Medicine]
  Product of the oxidation of ethanol and of the destructive distillation of wood. It is used locally,occasionally internally,as a counterirritant and also as a reagent. (Stedman,26th ed)n : a colorless pungent liquid acid C₂H₄O₂ that is the chief acid of vinegar and that is used esp. in synthesis (as of plastics) and occas. in medicine as an astringent and styptic
  

• Suffice it to say that the unusually high boiling point of acetic acid.
• When ethanol is exposed to air and the action of vinegar bacteria, it is converted into acetic acid and water.
• acetic acid is formed as an intermediate in the anaerobic fermentation of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
• Health standard for acetic acid in the air of workplace
• Dynamic simulation of an acetic acid oxidation column
• Simulation and training system of an acetic acid plant
• The wine in him has almost melted acetic acid
• Photography chemicals-acetic acid, 28 % solution
• Function of acetic acid in acidizing working fluid
• Standard test method for formic acid in glacial acetic acid

• "acetic acid" meaning in Chinese: 醋酸，乙酸。
• "acetic acid" meaning in Japanese: acetic acid酢酸醋酸さくさん
• "acetic acid" meaning in Russian: уксусная кислота
• "acetic acid" meaning in French: acide acétique, vinaigre