ACETIC
ACID
From cleaning windows to
preserving Lenin’s body,
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chemical.
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is present in the kitchen cupboards of homes up and down the country,
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In this edition of Product
Focus we examine the
versatility of acetic acid
and the reasons why
demand is set to soar
through the roof in the next
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going into this product, which is widely used in the production of
coatings, plastics, textile treatments and pigments.
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One of a group of organic compounds it is miscible with other liquids
such as water, esters and ethyl alcohol making it easy to incorporate
fully into other solutions in any dilution.
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