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Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Acetates > Acetic Acid
Lipids > Fatty Acids > Fatty Acids, Volatile > Acetates > Acetic Acid

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Acetic Acid  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Acetic Acid Glacial
  • Acetic Acid, Glacial
  • Glacial Acetic Acid
  • Glacial, Acetic Acid

Scope note

  • 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)

History note

  • 1997; was ACETIC ACID GLACIAL (NM) 1981-1996

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019342

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