• Madison420@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      When it oxidizes yes iirc. No or ultra low oxygen content means that process is greatly delayed.

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          Buddy…

          that sometimes develops on fermenting alcoholic liquids during the process that turns alcohol into acetic acid *with the help of oxygen from the air and acetic acid bacteria (AAB). It

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            That means it’s an aerobic bacterial process (aerobic - operating in the presence of air, or specifically oxygen in this case). Not oxidation, which is specifically the interaction of oxygen interactions with the molecule to bond preferentially over the existing bonds, “rusting” them in common parlance.