Oxalic Acid Definition

Oxalic Acid Sentence Examples

• Carbolic acid is distinguished from all other acids so-called - except oxalic acid and hydrocyanic acid - in that it is a neurotic poison, having a marked action directly upon the nervous system.

• A solution of the free acid may be prepared by adding oxalic acid to the solution of the sodium salt.

• The impurities occasionally present in commercial citric acid are salts of potassium and sodium, traces of iron, lead and copper derived from the vessels used for its evaporation and crystallization, and free sulphuric, tartaric and even oxalic acid.

• Bromine water oxidizes this substance to oxalic acid and tetrabromdichloracetone (5).

• Determinations have been made with calcium oxalate, CaC 2 04+H 2 0, which is easily decomposed by acids, oxalic acid and a soluble calcium salt being formed.