citric acid

English

Ball-and-stick model of citric acid.

Ball-and-stick model of propane. If one hydrogen atom of each of its three carbon atoms is replaced by a carboxyl group, and the remaining hydrogen atom of its second carbon atom (in the middle) is replaced by a hydroxyl group, the result is citric acid.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌsɪtɹɪk ˈæsɪd/

Noun

citric acid (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline compound, 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, C₆H₈O₇, found in citrus fruit; it is used as a food additive and in the manufacture of citrates.

Synonyms

E330 when used as an antioxidant

Derived terms

citric acid cycle

Related terms

citrate

Translations

2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, C₆H₈O₇

Catalan: àcid cítric m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 檸檬酸 (zh), 柠檬酸 (zh) (níngméngsuān)
Czech: kyselina citrónová f
Danish: citronsyre c
Dutch: citroenzuur (nl) n
Esperanto: citrata acido
Finnish: sitruunahappo (fi)
French: acide citrique (fr) m
Galician: ácido cítrico (gl) m
German: Zitronensäure (de), Citronensäure (de) f
Greek: κιτρικό οξύ n (kitrikó oxý)
Hungarian: citromsav (hu)
Icelandic: sítrónusýra f
Indonesian: asam sitrat (id)
Irish: aigéad citreach m

Italian: acido citrico (it)
Japanese: クエン酸 (ja) (kuen-san), 枸櫞酸 (ja) (kuen-san)
Malay: asid sitrik
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sitronsyre (no) m or f

Nynorsk: sitronsyre f
Portuguese: ácido cítrico m
Romanian: acid citric (ro) m
Russian: лимо́нная кислота́ f (limónnaja kislotá)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ли̏мӯнска̄ киселѝна f

Roman: lȉmūnskā kiselìna f
Spanish: ácido cítrico
Swedish: citronsyra (sv) c
Telugu: సిట్రిక్ ఆమ్లం (siṭrik āmlaṃ)
Thai: กรดซิตริก, กรดมะนาว

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