Question

Give reason :pure ethanoic acid is called glacial acetic acid

Answer 1

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Because pure ethanoic acid also known as acetic acid...when freezes looks like a glacier...hence named so..

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Answer 2

The reason it's called glacial is because it solidifies into solid acetic acid crystals just cooler than room temperature at 16.7 °C, which ice.Glacial acetic acid may be prepared by dripping acetic acid solution over a "stalactite" of solid acetic acid (which could be considered to be frozen