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Carbonic acid is referred to as _________ acid because it is produced from a gas that evaporates quickly.

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Carbonic acid is referred to as volatile acid because it is produced from a gas that evaporates quickly.

Volatility is the likeliness of a substance to vaporize. That is the tendency of the substance to pass to the gaseous phase. That means that these substances have a high vapor pressure. Coming from a gas, Carbonic Acid has a high tendency to pass to the vapor phase.

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