C6H1008 MUCIC See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

ACID  or HOOC•(CHOH)4•COOH, is'obtained by the oxidation of See also:

• MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

milk, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, dulcite, galactose, quercite and most varieties of See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

gum by nitric See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid . It forms a crystalline See also:

• POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder which melts at 213° C . It is insoluble in See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol, and nearly insoluble in See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

• WATER

water . When heated with See also:

• PYRIDINE

pyridine to 14o° C., it is converted into allomucic acid . When digested with fuming hydrochloric acid for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time it is converted into as See also:

• FURFURANE, (3r FURANE, C4H40, a colourless liquid boiling at 32° C., found in the distillation products of pine wood. It was first synthetically prepared by H. Limpricht (Ann., 1873, 165, p. 281)

furfurane dicarboxylic acid (see FURFURANE) ; while on See also:

• HEATING

heating with See also:

• BARIUM (symbol Ba, atomic weight 137'37 [0=16])

barium sulphide it is transformed into a—thiophene carboxylic acid (see TH10PHENE) . The ammonium See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt yields on dry See also:

• DISTILLATION (from the Lat. distillare, more correctly destillare, to drop or trickle down)

distillation See also:

• CARBON (symbol C, atomic weight 12)

carbon dioxide, See also:

• AMMONIA (NH3)

ammonia, See also:

• PYRROL, C4H5N

pyrrol and other substances . The acid when fused with See also:

• CAUSTIC (Gr. rcavvraubs, burning)

caustic alkalies yields oxalic acid .