What is meant by the term weak when it is used for acids?
Ethanoic acid is solid at $16.0^\circ\text{C}$. Describe how the particles are arranged and how they move in a solid.
Ethanoic acid has a melting point of $16.7^\circ\text{C}$. Ethanoic acid has a boiling point of $118.0^\circ\text{C}$. Deduce the physical state of ethanoic acid at $130.0^\circ\text{C}$. Explain your answer.
The equation for the reaction of ethanoic acid with sodium carbonate is shown. $\text{2CH}_3\text{COOH} + \text{Na}_2\text{CO}_3 \rightarrow \text{2CH}_3\text{COONa} + \text{CO}_2 + \text{H}_2\text{O}$ A student added $3.18\,\text{g}$ of sodium carbonate to $224\,\text{cm}^3$ of $0.250\,\text{mol dm}^{-3}$ ethanoic acid. Show by calculation that sodium carbonate is in excess.
Calcium reacts with ethanoic acid. The products are calcium ethanoate and hydrogen. Write the equation for this reaction.
Name the ester produced when ethanoic acid reacts with butanol.
Draw the structure of this ester.