Lactic Acid

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

in chemistry, C₂H₂O3 and banks, many churches, daily and aily = CH3CH(OH)CO On. monoa basic, diatomic acid, discovered by weekly and monthly periodicals. Pop. (1910) 30,417; (1920) 30,363. Scheele in sour milk, and first recognized as a distinct acid by Berzelius. It occurs LA CROSSE (lä kros), a Canadian Canadian in small quantity in the animal organism, field game played with a ball and a long and a long especially in the gastric juice, and, under stick (five or six feet) of light hickory, at hickory, certain circumstances, is formed in the bent at the top like a bishop's crozier n's crocier fermentation of some sugars. It is read- (French crosse). Strings of deer-skin deer-skin ily prepared by adding to a solution of the cross the stretched diagonally grape sugar a small quantity of powwith sour milk across are hooked portion of the crosse in different different dered old cheese, mixed , directions, forming a network-not so and allowing the mixture to stand for 8 kennis rac tightly as in a battledore or tennis racor 10 days at a temperature of 40° to quet, nor so loosely as to form a bag. rm a bag. 45°. It is a colorless, inodorous liquid Only one ball is employed, made of india Be of indiaof syrupy consistence, possessing an inrubber, and eight or nine inches in cirhes in cirtensely sour taste. Lactic acid forms cumference. Posts or poles about six about six salts by the replacement of hydroxylic Zincic lactate feet high, with a small flag at the top of the top of hydrogen by metals. , hyd each, complete the equipment. The ment C6H10 ZnO63H2O, is the most characterplayers are usually 12 on each side, but istic salt of lactic acid. It crystallizes their number, as well as the distance of in colorless, monoclinic prisms, slightly the goals apart, is nearly optional. The soluble in cold water, very soluble in object of the game is for one side to drive boiling water, but insoluble in alcohol. the ball through their opponents' goal. The ball must not be touched with the