succinic
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or obtained from amber
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of, consisting of, containing, or derived from succinic acid
Etymology
Origin of succinic
1780–90; < French succinique < Latin succin ( um ), sūcinum amber + French -ique -ic
Example Sentences
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Both have been used by companies and labs to produce succinic acid but proved to be too costly, so efforts to scale up production have failed, Zhao said.
From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023
The final step was working with Guest to simulate a full end-to-end, low-pH succinic acid production pipeline, using the open-source software platform BioSTEAM developed by his group.
From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023
This allowed researchers to extract four organic compounds present in the potsherds: citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid and tartaric acid.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2017
Department of considers succinic acid to be a valuable commodity since it can be refined with less energy than petroleum.
From Forbes • Sep. 10, 2012
Some fusel oil, glycerin and succinic acid appear to be formed simultaneously, but in small amount.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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