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Inorganic Chemistry

Hi The role of oxalic acid and potassium oxalate in the preparation of more complex oxalato potassium aluminate?

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12 Years ago

Oxalic acid is added, neutralizes the excess hydroxide

and provides a source of the oxalate ion.The potassium oxalate helps in oxidation-reduction titration to determine the mass percent of oxalate in the sample.

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