organic acid
Americannoun
plural
organic acidsExample Sentences
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"With an organic acid, it usually takes 10-12 hours, but this took only one."
From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2023
So they did all kinds of just really organic research and ended up settling on benzoic acid as the organic acid that was the most satisfying.
From The Verge • Jun. 29, 2021
Some of these microbes secrete an organic acid that allows them to dissolve the glass and consume its nutrients.
From Scientific American • Jun. 12, 2015
The organic acid is stored until the next day and is then broken down releasing carbon dioxide that can be fixed by rubisco and enter the Calvin cycle to make sugars.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The basicity of an organic acid, as above defined, is determined by the number of carboxyl groups present.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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