Tag: Uses of Acetic Acid

Acetic Acid is an organic chemical compound with the chemical formula CH₃COOH. It is also known as methane carboxylic acid and ethanoic acid. It is a colorless liquid with a strong and pungent odor. Most of us are familiar with the presence of this chemical compound that we call vinegar. One such sour-tasting food additive is liquid, which is simply ethanoic acid diluted in water. For thousands of years, acetic acid was only produced biologically by microbes called acetic acid bacteria. Today, acetic acid is an important industrial chemical produced…