adipic acid

English

Noun

adipic acid (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) A white crystalline di-carboxylic acid, C₄H₈(COOH)₂; it has many industrial applications; when condensed with hexamethylene diamine it produces nylon.

Synonyms

E355 when used as an acidity regulator
hexanedioic acid (IUPAC)
butane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid
butanedicarboxylic acid

Translations

crystalline dicarboxylic acid

Catalan: àcid adípic m
Finnish: adipiinihappo
Indonesian: asam adipat
Italian: acido adipico (it)
Javanese: asem adhipat

Latvian: adipīnskābe f
Portuguese: ácido adípico m
Romanian: acid adipic (ro) m
Spanish: ácido adípico

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