Acetic acidAcetic acid, systematically named ethanoic acid , is an acidic, colourless liquid and organic compound with the chemical formula CH3COOH (also written as CH3CO2H, C2H4O2, or HC2H3O2). Read from the Chembox of the Wikipedia article Acetic acid, revision 1380215751.

Property

Value

Formula

C2H4O2, 60.05 g/mol

Melting point

16.35 °C

Boiling point

118.35 °C

Density

1.049 g/cm³

Flash point

40 °C

log P, measured

-0.28

pKa

4.756

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