What's the difference between absorbic acid and citric acid?
Answer:
Both are 6 carbon organic acids, but citric acid is a linear branched chain of six carbons while asorbic acid contains a carbon-oxygen ring structure, similiar in structure to a sugar.
The structural difference is due to the original chemicals and the means used to create them in nature. The differing structures gives each different chemical properties.
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Ascorbic acid is an organic acid with antioxidant properties. Its appearance is white to light yellow crystals or powder. It is water soluble. The L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid is commonly known as vitamin C. At the time of its discovery in the 1920s it was called hexuronic acid by some researchers
C6H8O6
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C6H8O7
Citric acid is a weak organic acid found in citrus fruits. It is a natural preservative and is also used to add an acidic (sour) taste to foods and soft drinks. In biochemistry, it is important as an intermediate in the citric acid cycle and therefore occurs in the metabolism of almost all living things. It also serves as an environmentally benign cleaning agent and acts as an antioxidant.
Citric acid exists in a variety of fruits and vegetables, but it is most concentrated in lemons and limes, where it can comprise as much as 8% of the dry weight of the fruit.
Ascorbic acid is Vitamin C
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Citric acid is something totally different:
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Ascorbic acid is vitamin C prevents scurvy and is generally happy. Citric acid is citric acid like found in oranges and lemons.
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