acetic
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One plant makes acetic acid, which is used in vinegar, paint and glue.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Another makes acetic anhydride, a key ingredient of aspirin, and the third makes ethyl acetate, which is used as a solvent and for decaffeinating tea and coffee.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
They include companies like Chemours and Tronox, which make titanium dioxide, a pigment used in paint and wallpaper, and Celanese, which produces acetic acid, a key ingredient in many industrial products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Birch also cites an experiment in which lidocaine was used to relieve experimentally-induced pain from an injection of acetic acid in an octopus.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2024
Instead of using something that might harm us, I mix a concoction of a surfactant, NaCl, and a chemical derivative of acetic acid—aka Dawn dish soap, salt, and vinegar.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
