Definition of Mellitic acid

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mellitic acid

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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Mellitic acid
Mellitic acid, also called graphitic acid, benzene hexacarboxylic acid, and benzene-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexacarboxylic acid (IUPAC name) is an acid first discovered in 1799 by M. H. Klaproth in the mineral mellite (honeystone), which is the aluminium salt of the acid.

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