Chemistry GCSE
Carboxylic acid
What Carboxylic acid means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Carboxylic acid
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A compound containing the –COOH functional group, which can be identified from a displayed, structural or molecular formula.
Topics that use Carboxylic acid
- Carboxylic acids (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- –COOH unit
- Acid reactions with carbonates
- Functional group
- Homologous series
- Trends in physical properties
- Weak acids, ionisation and pH
- -anoic acid
- –COOH
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