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gluconic acid
[ gloo-kon-ik ]
noun
- a colorless, water-soluble acid, C 6 H 12 O 7 , obtained by the oxidation of glucose, used commercially in a 50-percent solution for cleaning metals.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gluconic acid1
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Example Sentences
The process is reversible; mannose can be converted to mannonic acid, thence to gluconic acid, thence to glucose.
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Gluconic acid distilled with hydrochloric acid gave traces of furfural; so also with sulphuric acid and manganic oxide.
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In addition to them there is in milk an organism resembling Mycoderma aceti, which transforms milk sugar into gluconic acid.
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