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Definition of Oxalic acid
1. Noun. A toxic colorless crystalline organic acid found in oxalis and other plants; used as a bleach and rust remover and in chemical analysis.
Definition of Oxalic acid
1. Noun. (organic compound) A colourless, crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (COOH)2, found in rhubarb, spinach and other plants, often as crystals of the calcium salt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Oxalic acid
1. Occurs in plants and is toxic to higher animals by virtue of its calcium binding properties, it causes the precipitation of calcium oxalate in the kidneys, prevents calcium uptake in the gut and is not metabolised. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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Literary usage of Oxalic acid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1907)
"was unable to prove a true formation of oxalic acid from uric acid in the organism,
but he regarded it as possible that oxalic acid might be formed as an ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"These possible sources of error are: (a) Loss of oxalic acid by volatilization
... (d) Oxidation of oxalic acid by contact of the solution with the air. ..."
3. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius, Samuel William Johnson (1874)
"All the OXALATES undergo decomposition at a red heat, the oxalic acid being
converted into carbonic acid and carbonic oxide. Those with an alkali or an ..."
4. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1854)
"The judicious addition of sulphuric acid is found to contribuí« to an increase
of the quantity of oxalic acid produced. The product of acid from »given ..."
5. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1866)
"Crystallised oxalic acid melts at about 98° in its water of crystallisation ; on
continued heating, part of it sublimes as dry oxalic acid, ..."
6. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"oxalic acid, in the state of crystals, consists of one equivalent of acid 36 +
... No means have yet been discovered of forming oxalic acid by combining ..."
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