glacial acetic acid

American  

noun

1. acetic acid of at least 99.5 percent concentration, solidifying at 16.7°C.

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glacial acetic acid British  

noun

1. pure acetic acid (more than 99.8 per cent)

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Etymology

Origin of glacial acetic acid

First recorded in 1835–45

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glacial acetic acid

The caustic which Dr. Cutler prefers is a "modified Carnoy's solution": absolute alcohol 6 c. c., chloroform 3 c. c., glacial acetic acid i c.c., ferric chloride 1 gm.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its specific gravity is .96, a little less than that of water, and it dissolves freely in alcohol, ether and glacial acetic acid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

The glacial acetic acid used for preparation of the Wijs solution should be of 99.0 to 99.5 per cent strength.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.

Methyl red is described as crystallizing in needles from glacial acetic acid; on recrystallization from toluene it separates in plates.

From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant

Again, ordinary "tannin," when dissolved in water, produces a sol, which froths easily, is non-diffusible, etc.; but when dissolved in glacial acetic acid, it produces a true solution.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred