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acetic acid

2003

Hi,

I'm doing a research about acetic acid [on eBay or Amazon]. As what I read, acetic acid can be found in ripened lemon. Could you tell me is there a way to extract acetic acid from the lemon fruit? If yes, how and what are the procedures or processes? I hope you can help me in my research.

Thank you,

Mari Mae Verallo
- Cebu City, Philippines

acetic acid can be made from apples too. I would suggest looking at the local grocery store after doing a google search under "acetic acid ".

Dan Brewer
chemical process supplier - Gurnee, Illinois
2003

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First of two simultaneous responses --

acetic acid will be difficult to separate because there are several other acids in small or trace amounts. Dan's search google is your best shot at it.

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
2003

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Second of two simultaneous responses --

acetic acid can also be produced from ethyl alcohol (ethanol). I know it is very wasteful of wine and beer, but if you let either "go off", you will have a lot of acetic acid . The alcohol is oxidised to acetic acid . All you have to do is leave the wine or beer exposed to the atmosphere for a week or so and then distill off the acetic acid . Personally I prefer the internal biochemical processing route in the stomach!

Trevor Crichton
R&D practical scientist
Chesham, Bucks, UK
2003