why ethanoic acid is known as glacial acid
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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. ... Caution: Although acetic acid is considered a weak acid, safe enough to drink in vinegar, glacial acetic acid is corrosive and can injure skin on contact
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Ethanoic Acid is the IUPAC systematic name, acetic acid is the accepted common name for the 2-carbon carboxylic acid.
If it is very pure, with low water content, it freezes easily and is therefore called “Glacial.”
If it is very pure, with low water content, it freezes easily and is therefore called “Glacial.”
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