Chemistry
Give reasons for the following:
Acetic acid does not form an acid salt but forms a normal salt.
Acids Bases Salts
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Acetic acid (CH3COOH) is a monobasic acid and contains only one replaceable hydrogen atom, hence it can only form normal salt and not acid salts.
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