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mucic
[ myoo-sik ]
/ ˈmyu sɪk /
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adjective Chemistry.
of or derived from mucic acid.
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Words nearby mucic
much less, muchness, mucho, much sought after, muci-, mucic, mucic acid, mucid, muciferous, muciform, mucigel
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How to use mucic in a sentence
When boiled with nitric acid, it is oxidized to mucic, saccharic, and oxalic acids.
The Chemistry of Plant Life|Roscoe Wilfred ThatcherModerately strong nitric acid changes it into mucic, saccharic, tartaric and oxalic acids.
If heated with strong nitric acid it gives oxalic, and not mucic acid.
They yield mucic and oxalic acids when treated with nitric acid.