XX. Note upon the behaviour of oxalic acid and the oxalates of the alkalies, and of potassium iodide, in sunlight
- 31 December 1879
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
- Vol. 29 (196-199) , 219-221
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1879.0040
Abstract
In a previous communication we stated that a decinormal solution of oxalic acid may be entirely destroyed by sunlight, the decomposition being due to oxidation. By a comparison, under like conditions, of oxalic acid and neutral potassium oxalate respectively we further concluded, since the last-named salt appeared to remain unchanged while the form er was wholly decomposed, that this destruction of oxalic acid by light was due to the oxidation of its hydrogen.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: