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

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Two testes:
(i) If we put a drop of the given colourless liquid on blue litmus paper, if the blue litmus paper changes to red, then the given acid is Acetic acid.
(ii) If we smell the given liquid gives a smell like that of vinegar, then the given acid is Acetic acid.
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