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saccharic acid

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a white, needlelike, crystalline, water-soluble solid or syrup, C 6 H 1 0 O 8 , usually made by the oxidation of cane sugar, glucose, or starch by nitric acid.

saccharic acid

/ sæˈkærɪk /

noun

  1. a white soluble solid dicarboxylic acid obtained by the oxidation of cane sugar or starch; 2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxy-hexanedioic acid. Formula: COOH(CHOH) 4 COOH
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of saccharic acid1

First recorded in 1790–1800
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Example Sentences

Prepare a bath with one and one-half per cent., of the weight of feathers, saccharic acid, one-quarter per cent.

Used to make nitro-saccharate of lead, and as a source of saccharic acid.

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