Acetic acid
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Acetic acid, systematically named ethanoic acid, is an acidic, colourless liquid and organic compound with the chemical formula CH3COOH. Acetic acid is the active component of vinegar. Historically, v
Sample of acetic acid in a reagent bottle
Crystallized acetic acid
Purification and concentration plant for acetic acid in 1884
Acid
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An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton, known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis acid.
Zinc, a typical metal, reacting with hydrochloric acid, a typical acid
Svante Arrhenius
Hydrochloric acid (in beaker) reacting with ammonia fumes to produce ammonium chloride (white smoke)
This is an ideal titration curve for alanine, a diprotic amino acid. Point 2 is the first equivalent point where the amount of NaOH added equals the amount of alanine in the original solution.