ʻO ka ʻala o ka glacial acetic acid ka mana loa. He kuhihewa nui ka huikau ia me ka vīneka maʻamau, no ka mea, kaʻana like me ka ethyl acetate.
Hoʻohui kēia mea i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka acetic acid: he pilau, ʻakika undertones, a he mea ʻokoʻa, ʻala kino ʻike ʻole. He mea naʻauao ke pale aku i kahi kokoke i nā hoʻokolohua organik, o lilo auanei oe i ka awaawa nui. Paʻa loa ka ʻala, ʻaʻole like me nā mea aʻu i hālāwai ai i kahi manawa lōʻihi.