gluconic acid

[ gloo-kon-ik ]

noun
  1. a colorless, water-soluble acid, C6H12O7, obtained by the oxidation of glucose, used commercially in a 50-percent solution for cleaning metals.

Origin of gluconic acid

1
1870–75; translation of German Glukonsäure;see gluc-, -onic

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