glacial acetic acid

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noun

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

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Origin of glacial acetic acid

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby glacial acetic acid

glabrescent, glabrous, glace, Glace Bay, glacial, glacial acetic acid, glacial drift, glacial epoch, glacialist, glacial meal, glacial milk

How to use glacial acetic acid in a sentence

Let dry, apply a cover-glass, and run glacial acetic acid underneath it.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
This substance was heated with a fresh portion of glacial acetic acid.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
When a drop of fresh blood is simply boiled with glacial acetic acid, on evaporation, prismatic crystals are obtained.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
The following manipulations are adopted in testing olive oil: Equal parts of glacial acetic acid and water are mixed in a bottle.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883|Various

In obstinate cases, glacial acetic acid or chromic acid may be cautiously employed.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon

British Dictionary definitions for glacial acetic acid

glacial acetic acid

noun

pure acetic acid (more than 99.8 per cent)

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