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What is glacial acetic acid ? What is its melting point ?

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Acetic acid that contains a very low amount of water (less than 1%) is called anhydrous (water-free) acetic acid or glacial acetic acid. Its melting point is 16.6 °C.

The reason it's called glacial is because it solidifies into solid acetic acid crystals just cooler than room temperature at 16.6 °C, which ice.


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