Citric acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Citric acid is a weak organic acid, and it is a natural preservative and is also used to add an acidic, or sour, taste to foods and soft drinks. In biochemistry, it is important as an intermediate in...
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Citric acid cycle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The citric acid cycle — also known as the tricarboxylic acid cycle ( TCA cycle ), the Krebs cycle , or more rarely, the Szent-Györgyi-Krebs cycle — is a series of enzyme-catalysed chemical r...
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Everyday is Christmas if citric acid and citrate (citric acid salt or esters) is what you're hankering for. This acid is found and used everywhere from cokes to blueprints, to candy to helping clean up our environment because it is so easy to react and because of it's acidic properties.
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Citric acid is a relatively strong organic acid, and is very soluble in water. Citric acid and its salts are widely used because they are nontoxic, safe to handle, and easily biodegraded. ... Citric acid occurs in relatively large quantities in citrus fruits. It also occurs in other fruits, in vegetables, and in animal...
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the citric acid can be recovered from its calcium salt by adding sulfuric acid. It is obtained also by fermentation of glucose with the aid of the mold Aspergillus niger and can be obtained synthetically from acetone or glycerol.
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Synonyms: 2-Hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, monohydrate ; CAS No.: 77-92-9 ; Molecular Weight: 210.14 ; Chemical Formula: H3C6H5O7.H2O ; Product Codes:; J.T. Baker: 0110, 0115, 0118, 0119, 0120 ;
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Citric Acid anhydrous appears as an odorless white crystalline granule with a strong acidic taste. It is very soluble in water, freely soluble in alcohol and slightly soluble in ether.
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Citric acid is used as a food additive to make foods tart, or to adjust the acidity, or to mix with bicarbonates to generate carbon dioxide gas. ... Citric acid is highly astringent, and is used as a skin toner.
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