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Pyroligneous acid, also
called wood vinegar or
wood acid, is a dark
liquid produced by the
destructive distillation of
wood and
other plant materials....
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investigators isolated oxalic acid from
wood-sorrel (Oxalis)
flowering plants. The
preparation of
salts of
oxalic acid from
plants had been known, at...
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Boric acid, also
called hydrogen borate,
boracic acid, and
orthoboric acid is a weak,
monobasic Lewis acid of boron. However, some of its
behaviour towards...
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wood glue, and
synthetic fibres and fabrics. In households,
diluted acetic acid is
often used in
descaling agents. In the food industry,
acetic acid is...
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irritant in pine
wood and resin,
isolated from
rosin (via isomerization) and is the most
abundant of
several closely related organic acids that constitute...
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Lignoceric acid, or
tetracosanoic acid, is the
saturated fatty acid with
formula C23H47COOH. It is
found in
wood tar,
various cerebrosides, and in small...
- easy way to
avoid tannins.
Tannic acid is
brown in color, so in
general white woods have a low
tannin content.
Woods with a lot of yellow, red, or brown...
- lignocellulose,
wood consists of a
variety of low
molecular weight organic compounds,
called extractives. The
wood extractives are
fatty acids,
resin acids, waxes...
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fatty acid is a
carboxylic acid with a long
aliphatic chain,
which is
either saturated or unsaturated. Most
naturally occurring fatty acids have an...
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Nitric acid (HNO3), also
known as aqua
fortis (Latin for "strong water") and
spirit of niter, is a
highly corrosive mineral acid. The pure
compound is...