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There are many ways to 'pickle' cucumbers and vegatables. The most common recipes for pickling involve vinegar (distilled or apple cider vinegar) and salt. Both distilled and apple cider vinegar contain acetic acid. So your answer is 'acid.'

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Pickling brine for making pickles contains vinegar (if you want to be scientific about it, dilute acetic acid). If you're talking about some other kind of pickling (there's a treatment method for metals known as pickling, for example) then you'll need to be more specific.

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Usually vinegar (acetic acid). In South Asia edible oils are used as the Pickling medium instead of vinegar.

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Acetic Acid is used on pickling if vinegar is used as the primary liquid ingredient.

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carbonic i think

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Hydrochloric

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vinegar

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What is acid pickling?

Acid pickling means pickle the acid.


How can you check you have food grade acid if using it for pickling?

The acid typically used in pickling is common household white or apple cider vinegar. Both of these products are food grade.


Indicators used in acid base titration?

It depends on the acid or base used. For strong acid vs. strong base, phenolphthalein can be used as indicator. For strong acid vs. weak base, methyl orange can be used as indicator. For weak acid vs. strong base, phenolphthalein can be used as indicator.


In glycolic acid a base or acid?

Since the word "acid" is used in the name, you can bet it is an acid, and not a base.


Why is acid pickling done on metals?

it just does deal with it


What is the process in which impurities are removed from a metal by dipping the metal in acid?

The process is usually referred to as pickling, or descaling.


Why can't you use aluminum pan in pickling?

Because the acid in the pickling liquor reacts with the aluminum and spoils the pickles.


What are the uses of diluted acetic acid?

Vinegar is diluted acetic acid-- it is as flavoring and in pickling.


How do you use acetic acid as a preservative?

Google "pickling recipes."


Which acid is in the industrial process known as pickling?

carbonic i think


Which indicator is used in titration for strong acid?

It depends on the base used. For strong acid vs. strong base, phenolphthalein can be used as indicator. For strong acid vs. weak base, methyl orange can be used as indicator.


Does pickled onions have acid?

Yes, the process of pickling always uses acids. Sometimes the acid is added (e.g. vinegar in most types of pickling) sometimes it is produced by bacterial fermentation in situ (e.g. lactic acid in sauerkraut).