What happens when you boil vinegar?

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What happens when you boil vinegar?

Please explain your answer clearly. If any of you boiled vinegar before, explain your observations.
Also, can you write the chemical formula for vinegar
(ex. Water = H20 (the #2 is a subscript #)).

2007-12-23 12:12:16 · 3 answers · asked by rufftyroff 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Vinegar is a 5% solution of acetic acid in water. If you boil vinegar, then you get a vapor that is almost all water and almost 5% acetic acid.

2007-12-23 12:22:17 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋

So, does the vinegar become more potent because you boil the water out of it?

2015-06-19 10:40:12 · answer #2 · answered by Tony M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋

The real answer is because it wants to!

2014-12-20 06:18:49 · answer #3 · answered by Trade Show Di 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋