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Uses of Acids, Bases and Salts

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Why is carbonic acid not an organic acid?

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The dissolution of carbon-dioxide in water forms carbonic acid, as the acid does not forms in a natural process. The molecule carbon-dioxide is an inorganic compound hence the carbonic acid is termed as inorganic acid.

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