The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Acetic Ether

ACETIC ETHER, or ETHYL ACETATE, a colorless, inflammable liquid having the formula CH$3$.COO.C$2$H$5$, or C$4$H$8$O$2$, prepared by the action of sulphuric acid upon a mixture of alcohol and acetic acid. It has a specific gravity of about 0.91 and a specific heat of 0.48 and boils at 171° F., under the ordinary atmospheric pressure. It mixes readily with alcohol and with ether and at ordinary temperatures is soluble in about 17 parts of water. See ;.