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Lactic acid   /lˈæktɪk ˈæsəd/   Listen
Lactic acid

noun
1.
A clear odorless hygroscopic syrupy carboxylic acid found in sour milk and in many fruits.





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"Lactic acid" Quotes from Famous Books



... lactic acid is definitely present, prepare zinc lactate by boiling part of the solution of the ether extract with excess of zinc carbonate, filtering and evaporating to crystallise. The crystals so obtained have a ...
— The Elements of Bacteriological Technique • John William Henry Eyre
... sodium carbonate, cooking-soda, etc., HNaCO3, is prepared by passing CO2 into a solution of Na2CO3. Na2CO3 H2O CO2 2 HNaCO3. Test a solution of it with litmus. Account for the result. Its use in bread-making depends on the ease with which CO2 is liberated. Even a weak acid, as the lactic acid of sour milk, sets this free, and thus causes ...
— An Introduction to Chemical Science • R.P. Williams


Words linked to "Lactic acid" :   carboxylic acid


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