organic acid

1. An acid that is an organic compound, especially a carboxylic acid.

Example Sentences

"With an organic acid, it usually takes 10-12 hours, but this took only one."

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No expensive or harmful chemicals are required in the process because the researchers use oxalic acid -- an organic acid that can be found in the plant kingdom.

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To combat that issue, Bowen and Xing decided to make salt nicotine — a combination of nicotine and a weak organic acid.

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The team of University of Illinois and Princeton University researchers created a cost-effective, end-to-end pipeline for this valuable organic acid by engineering a tough, acid-tolerant yeast as the fermenting agent, avoiding costly steps in downstream processing.

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And they ended up going to New Zealand where they did their own tests on human subjects, including on Adam Bowen himself, to determine which organic acid in nicotine would give you the highest level of satisfaction, and what would make your heart race the fastest.

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