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Acetic  adj.  (Chem.)
(a)
Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.
(b)
Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.





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"Acetic" Quotes from Famous Books



... treated by maintaining absolute cleanliness, and the application of such astringents as liquor plumbi subacetatis, tincture of iron, powdered alum and boric acid. The salicylic acid solution may also be used. In obstinate cases, glacial acetic acid or chromic acid may be ...
— Essentials of Diseases of the Skin • Henry Weightman Stelwagon
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... material prepared by fermenting apple or grape juice or other materials. It contains acetic acid. ...
— School and Home Cooking • Carlotta C. Greer
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... discovered by E. Mitscherlich in 1834, may be prepared by reducing nitrobenzene in alcoholic solution with zinc dust and caustic soda; by the condensation of nitrosobenzene with aniline in hot glacial acetic acid solution; or by the oxidation of aniline with sodium hypobromite. It crystallizes from alcohol in orange red plates which melt at 68deg C. and boil at 293deg C. It does not react with acids or alkalis, but on reduction with ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 - "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" • Various
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... Acid—acetic, hydrochloric, { An alkali, such as magnesia, chalk, sulphuric, nitric { whiting, soda, soap; followed by { soothing ...
— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler
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Words linked to "Acetic" :   acetic anhydride


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