The phrase "acid in the form of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a specific type of acid that is presented or delivered in a particular state or format.
Example: "The experiment required sulfuric acid in the form of a concentrated solution to achieve the desired reaction."
Alternatives: "acid as a" or "acid presented as".
The optimum acidity of your wine is about pH 4.5-5.5 and so for some fruit you may need to add citric acid in the form of lemons (up to three for low-acidity fruits) or as tartaric acid from raisins.
Because his curing mixture contains acid in the form of citrus and is heavy on the salt, and because he serves gravlax with exotic sauces like a beguiling chamomile-vinegar vinaigrette, he can keep his curing period brief.
The minute I get home from the butcher with chicken cutlets, pork loins, steaks or whatever, I plunk them in a freezer bag and add oil; some acid in the form of citrus fruit or good sherry or red wine vinegar; onion; herbs or spices; and garlic.
The efficiency of the DV-SIA system is demonstrated by the extraction of picric acid in the form of an ion associate with 2-[2- 4-metoxy-fenylamino -vinyl]-1,3,3-trimetyl-3H-indolium reagent, with subsequent spectrophotometric detection.
Benzyl chloride and butyl halide each react with CO2 catalyzed by 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin cobalt (CoTPP) to form phenylacetic acid (in the form of benzyl phenylacetate, the product of electrocarboxylation) or oxalic acid (the direct reduction product of CO2, in the form of dibutyl oxalate), respectively.
The substrate of MtbHadAB consists of two components mycobacterial acyl carrier protein (AcpM) and the fatty acid (in the form of β-hydroxyacyl) (Fig. S5).
Triacylglycerol (TAG) was the major component of the lipid in which the predominant fatty acid was octadecanoic acid (C18 1) in the form of oleic acid (C18 1n-9 C18 1n-9
Butyric acid (CH3CH2CH2CO2H), also called butanoic acid, a fatty acid occurring in the form of esters in animal fats and plant oils.
Microbes can accumulate different contents of fatty acids in the form of triacylglycerol (TAG).
Astaxanthin is predominantly esterified with fatty acids, in the form of either mono-ester or di-ester.
Diet 2, supplemented with olive and linseed oils was designed to provide moderate amount of linoleic (18 2n − 6) and linolenic (18 3n − 3) acids in the form of triglycerides.
