gluconic acid

[ gloo-kon-ik ]

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noun

a colorless, water-soluble acid, C 6 H 12 O 7 , obtained by the oxidation of glucose, used commercially in a 50-percent solution for cleaning metals.

1870–75; translation of German Glukonsäure; gluc-, -onic

The process is reversible; mannose can be converted to mannonic acid, thence to gluconic acid, thence to glucose.

Gluconic acid distilled with hydrochloric acid gave traces of furfural; so also with sulphuric acid and manganic oxide.

In addition to them there is in milk an organism resembling Mycoderma aceti, which transforms milk sugar into gluconic acid.

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[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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