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Write two test you would perform to detect, whether the given colourless Acetic Acid or not.

The two tests which can performed to detect whether the given solution is acetic acid or not are:

1. Blue litmus test: Put a drop of the liquid on blue litmus paper and if is changes to red, it confirms that the given acid is acetic acid. This is because an acid turns blue litmus red.


2. Smelling the liquid: if it smells of vinegar, then the solution is of acetic acid.


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