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graphitic acid

Mellitic \Mel*lit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. mellitique. See Mellite.] (Chem.)

  1. Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes.

  2. Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite.

    Mellitic acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, organic substance, C6(CO2H)6, occurring naturally in combination with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc., and hence called also graphitic acid.

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graphitic acid

n. (context organic compound English) mellitic acid, which can be obtained by oxidation of graphite

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Graphitic acid

Graphitic acid may refer to:

  • Graphite oxide
  • Mellitic acid