It's home to a type of acetic acid-producing bacteria called acetobacter, which will convert your wine to vinegar.
They used acetic acid to dissolve the limestone, which leaves behind a residue of fossils preserved by calcium phosphate minerals.
Common wine defect caused by excess production of acetic acid, resulting in a vinegary smell.
When cellulose reacts with acetic acid to form the material, some acetic acid isn't used up.
He washed them carefully with acetic acid, sealed them with a preservative, and pieced them together into a recognizable skeleton.
Nothing whatever has been said of the acetic acid and the essential oil equivalent of spices used in place of benzoate of soda.
The process uses bacteria to break down organic material, such as acetic acid and cellulose.
Its technology uses organisms that convert sugars into acetic acid, which can then be made into ethyl acetate.
British Dictionary definitions for acetic
acetic
/əˈsiːtɪk; əˈsɛt-/
adjective
1.
of, containing, producing, or derived from acetic acid or vinegar
Word Origin
C19: from Latin acētum vinegar
Word Origin and History for acetic
adj.
1808, from French acétique "pertaining to vinegar," from Latin acetum "vinegar" (properly vinum acetum "wine turned sour;" see vinegar), originally past participle of acere "be sour," related to acer "sharp" (see acrid).
acetic in Science
acetic
(ə-sē'tĭk) Relating to or containing acetic acid or vinegar.