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Maleic Acid

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

An unsaturated dicarboxylic acid HOCOCHCHCOOH of cis conformation having various uses in the manufacture of artificial resins the dyeing and finishing of wool silk and cotton and also combined with certain drugs to make salts more soluble than the basic forms The corresponding isomer having trans conformation is identical in chemical formula is called fumaric acid

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