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

[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

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1. suffice it to say that the unusually high boiling point of acetic acid.
2. when ethanol is exposed to air and the action of vinegar bacteria, it is converted into acetic acid and water.
3. acetic acid is formed as an intermediate in the anaerobic fermentation of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
4. health standard for acetic acid in the air of workplace
5. dynamic simulation of an acetic acid oxidation column