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Chapter 1 includes general information about properties, occurrence, importance in living organisms and technological applications of citric acid. It contains also a short history linked with the discovery and development of citric acid production. It lists also most important physicochemical investigations dealing with citric acid solutions.

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Apelblat, A. (2014). Introduction. In: Citric Acid. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11233-6_1

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