ITACONIC ACID


Meaning of ITACONIC ACID in English

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Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, anagram of aconitic

: a crystalline dicarboxylic acid HOOCC( . CH 2 )CH 2 COOH obtained by decomposing aconitic acid or usually by fermentation of sugars with molds of the genus Aspergillus and used as a monomer for both vinyl-type polymers and polyesters; methylene-succinic acid

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