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Dilute Acetic Acid

over in a closed vessel, to a temperature below
over in a closed vessel, to a temperature below

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Pharmacopæia directs 1 pint acetic acid to be mixed with 7 pints distilled water, producing an acid of specific gravity 1.006; 100 grains of dilute acetic acid saturate 7.6 grains bicarbonate of potassa. over, and rectify it carefully. Hot water added to this resolves it into hydrated or glacial acetic acid.

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