potassium oxalate

American  

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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Example Sentences

The electrolytic separation of cobalt is much more easily and rapidly effected when the potassium oxalate is substituted by the corresponding ammonium salt, as the latter forms a soluble double salt with the cobalt compounds.

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

Neutral potassium oxalate is added in excess to the solution of a cobalt salt, and the clear solution of cobalt potassium oxalate submitted to electrolysis.

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

On fusion with solid potash at 250� C. it completely decomposes, giving potassium oxalate and hydrogen, C2H6O2 + 2KHO = K2C2O4 + 4H2.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

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