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       😋 Food 👨‍🔬 Chemistry 🧐
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: July 16, 2024, 12:16 pm
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       [center][glow=limegreen,2,300]Vinegar
       [/glow]
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       />is essentially a [glow=limegreen,2,300]solution[/glow] of
       [glow=red,2,300]acetic acid[/glow] and water. Acetic acid makes
       [glow=limegreen,2,300]vinegar[/glow]
       [glow=red,2,300]acidic[/glow].[/center]
       &#1421; On a technical level, vinegar is a solution of acetic
       acid and water. There are many types of vinegar. The main
       difference between types is the sugar source — like alcohol,
       grapes, apples, or rice — that’s fermented to create each one.
       &#1421; Most vinegars have a pH of 2 to 3 and a strength of 4 to
       8 percent.
       &#128104;&#8205;&#128300; You can test the pH and strength of
       vinegar using inexpensive testing kits.
       &#128523; Most [glow=green,2,300]cooking vinegars[/glow] (like
       balsamic, red wine, and rice vinegars) have a pH of 2 to 3 and a
       strength of 4 to 6 percent. This allows you to add some acidity
       to your dish (acting as a counterpoint to richness or adding
       sour flavor) without making it taste funky (unless you spill the
       bottle into your food… whoops!). It’s not a good idea to cook
       with anything stronger than this, because it can straight-up
       [glow=maroon,2,300]erode[/glow] &#128556; your tooth enamel.
       &#128064;
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       />The pH and strength of different vinegars affects how you
       should
       use them.
       Read LOTS more:
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       &#1421; [glow=green,2,300]Most vinegars
       &#128077;&#128522;[/glow] contain 4 to 8 percent acetic acid,
       which means they have a [glow=red,2,300]strength[/glow] (also
       sometimes called [glow=red,2,300]acidity[/glow]) of 4 to 8
       percent. [b]Some vinegars contain up to
       [glow=red,2,300]&#128681; 20 percent[/glow] acetic acid —
       &#129300; but
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       />any solution with [glow=red,2,300]more than 11 percent [/glow]
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       [move][size=18pt]is strong enough to[b]
       [glow=red,2,300]literally burn your eyes and skin.[/glow]
       [/move]
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       July 15, 2024 by Lion Technology Inc.
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       [center]Key Lessons from an [glow=red,2,300]Acetic Acid[/glow]
       &#9760;&#65039; Release [/center]
       SNIPPET:
       On July 27, 2021, three contractors removed an actuator from an
       acetic acid reactor. The contractors inadvertently removed nuts
       that held a pressure-retaining valve cover in place.
       The workers used a pry bar to try to remove the coupler from the
       valve stem, and the forces from the pry bar and the process
       fluid pressure inside the plug valve caused the unfastened valve
       cover and plug to eject from the plug valve body.
       [move]Roughly 164,000 pounds of a [glow=red,2,300]61.7% acetic
       acid[/glow] mixture at [glow=red,2,300]238 °F[/glow] rapidly
       &#128165; released from the open plug valve.[/move]
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       />Two of the contract workers &#9760;&#65039; died from
       [glow=red,2,300]fatal chemical burns and inhalation[/glow]. The
       other contract worker, and 28 other workers, sought medical
       treatment.
       Full article with video:
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       AGelbert COMMENT: I learned from a Chemistry Prof in college
       that vinegar, even the low strength cooking type, works great to
       clean bathtub ring. Any greasy substance can be cleaned up
       quickly using a rag and a little vinegar without having to use
       so much vinegar that it smells. At any rate, cooking grade
       vinegar is FAR more [glow=limegreen,2,300]environmentally
       friendly[/glow]
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       />than &#128530; Cholorox (i.e. household bleach = low
       concentration Sodium hypochlorite). &#127774;
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