potassium oxalate

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noun

Chemistry.

1. a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, K 2 C 2 O 4 ⋅H 2 O, used chiefly as a bleaching agent and in medical tests as an anticoagulant.

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potassium oxalate

Note:—The potassium oxalate and the formalin must both be neutral to phenolphthalein.

From The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes by Hill, Lewis Webb

If potassium oxalate is added to a solution of the trichloride, the antimony may be readily reduced, but the metal adheres still less firmly to the electrode than it did in the first instance.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various

With fused potash it forms potassium oxalate and acetate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

Its principle is that a solution of ferrous oxalate in neutral potassium oxalate is effective as a developer.

From Crayon Portraiture Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide Enlargements by Barhydt, Jerome A.

To clear the lines, or to make additions, or to write on the blue margin of the proof a solution of potassium oxalate is employed.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.