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Pectic acid   /pˈɛktɪk ˈæsəd/   Listen
Pectic acid

noun
1.
A complex acid that occurs in ripe fruit and some vegetables.





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"Pectic acid" Quotes from Famous Books



... light yellow colour, not unlike gum in appearance. It is soluble in boiling water, and the solution has a faint acid reaction. Acids and many metallic salts, such as mercury, chloride and lead acetate, precipitate pectic acid from its solutions. Alkalies combine with it, and these compounds form brown substances, are but sparingly soluble in water, and many of them can be precipitated out by addition of neutral salts, like sodium ...
— The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics - A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student • Franklin Beech


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