Oxalic Acid
Eat your veggies! Why? It's because veggies have a lot of important vitamins. One of them is vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid. Your body actually turns this ascorbic acid into another compound called oxalic acid, also known as ethanedioic acid. If you are one of those people who pops massive doses of vitamin C thanks to Lanus Pauling, you should be careful. That's because too much oxalic acid might contribute to the formation of calcium oxalate (the calcium salt of oxalic acid) kidney stones. Ouch!
But don't worry, this lesson won't be painful. Read on to learn more details about oxalic acid's structure, formula, and properties and some of its cool uses.
Structure, Formula & Properties
Oxalic acid can be symbolized by the following two molecular formulas:
Here, the C stands for carbon, the H stands
For hydrogen and the O represents oxygen.
The structure of oxalic acid can be shown
Through visual models as well.
Creation:
Oxalic acid itself can be made by numerous methods. One way is to heat sodium formate in the presence of sodium hydroxide. It can also be made via the nitric acid oxidation of ethylene glycol (ethylene glycol is famous for being an ingredient in antifreeze).
Uses:
Regardless of how it's made, oxalic acid has many uses. Are you someone who works with a lot of rusty metal? Or, perhaps you work with ink? Oxalic acid to the rescue! It can be used in laundry facilities as an acid rinse that helps to get of rust and ink stains. The oxalic acid chemically reacts with the rust and ink makes it much easier to wash the stains away.
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