Description
A clear, colorless organic acid with a distinctive pungent odor, used as a solvent. Also called Methane Carboxylic Acid|Ethanoic Acid. Uses include the manufacture of photographic films and stop bath and sometimes in the production of the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The term “glacial acetic acid” is now taken to refer to pure acetic acid (ethanoic acid) in any physical state. CAS 64-19-7
