Product Overview
10% Vinegar is a 10% acetic acid aqueous solution built for industrial-scale work — pH adjustment, mineral removal, surface preparation, and process chemistry where a controlled, moderate-strength acid gets the job done without the handling burden of higher concentrations. This is industrial-grade product, stocked and shipped daily from our Taylor, TX warehouse in sizes from single quarts up to 330-gallon totes.
If you run a water-treatment plant, a food-processing line, a cleaning operation, or an ag program that needs reliable acidity at a workable strength, this is the concentration that balances performance against ease of handling. It arrives ready to use — no on-site dilution math, no mixing errors, no wasted labor.
Why This Concentration
At 10%, this solution sits at the entry point of the industrial acetic acid range. It delivers enough acidity for routine pH correction, light descaling, and cleaning tasks while staying in Packing Group III for transport — the least restrictive tier for a Class 8 corrosive. That matters for your shipping costs, your storage requirements, and the PPE burden on your crew.
When your process demands sharper reactivity or faster etching, step up to 30% Vinegar or 50% Vinegar. Those higher concentrations cut through heavier scale and drive faster neutralization — but they also demand more aggressive containment, ventilation, and PPE. For analytical or reagent-grade work, 75% Vinegar ACS Grade serves labs requiring grade-specific sourcing, while 75% Vinegar handles aggressive industrial processes at near-glacial strength.
Pick 10% when your application calls for a mild, ready-to-use acid that your operators can handle with standard corrosive-liquid protocols — and save the concentrated grades for processes that genuinely need them.
Chemical Profile
This product is a clear, colorless liquid with a pungent, vinegar-like odor characteristic of acetic acid. Its molecular formula is C₂H₄O₂ (molecular weight 60.05 g/mol, CAS 64-19-7). At 10% concentration, the solution has a density of 1.01–1.013 g/mL measured at 20 °C, placing it just above water. It is fully miscible with water in all proportions, so it integrates immediately into aqueous process streams with no phase-separation concerns. These properties make it straightforward to meter, pump, and blend in standard chemical-feed systems.
Industrial Applications
This 10% acetic acid solution serves a range of established industrial processes:
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Water Treatment — pH Adjustment: Operators inject 10% vinegar to lower pH in cooling towers, boiler feedwater systems, and wastewater neutralization trains. The moderate concentration allows fine pH control without the overshoot risk that comes with stronger acids.
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Food Processing: Acetic acid at this concentration functions as a processing aid — acidifying brines, adjusting pickling liquors, and serving as a wash acid in produce and protein handling lines. It integrates into existing food-grade process plumbing without equipment upgrades.
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Industrial Cleaning: The solution dissolves mineral deposits, hard-water scale, and light rust from equipment surfaces, heat exchangers, and piping. It is effective on calcium carbonate and similar alkaline residues where stronger acids would attack the substrate.
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Chemical Synthesis: In manufacturing environments, 10% acetic acid serves as a controlled-strength reactant or solvent component in organic synthesis steps where a dilute acid medium is specified.
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Agricultural Soil Amendment: Applied to irrigation water or directly to soil, dilute acetic acid adjusts alkaline soil pH, improving nutrient availability in high-pH growing conditions.
Handling & Storage
Acetic acid solution carries a signal word of Danger and the hazard statement H314: Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (per the product's GHS classification). Treat it accordingly.
Wear chemical-splash goggles, nitrile or butyl gloves, and a chemical-resistant apron when handling. In enclosed or poorly ventilated spaces, use respiratory protection rated for organic acid vapors. Even at 10%, the vapor is irritating to mucous membranes — keep ventilation moving.
Store in HDPE, polypropylene, or glass containers. Acetic acid attacks most metals and some elastomers, so verify wetted-material compatibility before plumbing it into your system. Keep containers sealed in a cool, dry area away from direct sunlight. Segregate from strong oxidizers (permanganates, peroxides, chromates) and strong bases — contact with either can generate heat or hazardous reaction products.
Hazmat & Shipping
Alliance Chemical ships this product as a fully regulated Class 8 corrosive. Every shipment is packaged, marked, and labeled to current DOT standards:
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UN Number: UN2790 (per 49 CFR 172.101)
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Hazard Class: 8 — Corrosive (per 49 CFR 172.101)
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Packing Group: III (per 49 CFR 172.101)
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Proper Shipping Name: Acetic acid solution (per 49 CFR 172.101)
Packing Group III places this at the lowest severity tier for Class 8 materials, which keeps freight classification and handling requirements manageable for most receiving facilities. Our warehouse team builds every pallet to DOT spec — correct inner packaging, absorbent, overpack, diamond labels, and shipping papers — before it leaves Taylor.
Documentation
A Safety Data Sheet ships with every order, available in English, Spanish, French, and Japanese. A lot-specific Certificate of Analysis (COA) confirming concentration and quality is available on request. If your QC program or incoming-material spec requires documentation before you accept the shipment, contact us and we will send it ahead of the freight.
Why Buy from Alliance Chemical
We are hazmat operators, not resellers passing product through a clean warehouse. Alliance Chemical distributes this product from Taylor, Texas, and our shipping team builds DOT-compliant hazmat packages every day — Class 8 corrosives, Class 3 flammables, Class 6.1 toxics. Shipping acetic acid solution is routine work here, not a special project.
All shipping and handling guidance on this page is reviewed by Andre Taki, DOT Hazmat Specialist. You get correct packaging, correct paperwork, and a team that picks up the phone when your receiving dock has a question about a hazmat shipment. Quarts for bench work or 330-gallon totes for production — we scale to your process.
