The reason why its called glacial is that it solidifies into solid acetic acid crystals at room temperature (16.7 C). The growing demand from the PVC segment and packaging industry has been ...

"Acetic acid is typically not synthesized ... It took a careful coupling between the copper catalyst and solid electrolyte, the latter carried over from the formic acid reactor.

But a perhaps unexpected culprit is responsible for this ubiquitous acid: bacteria. The aptly named acetic acid bacteria are the variety of microbes solely responsible for the production of the ...