oxalic
pronunciation
How to pronounce oxalic in British English:
UK [ɒk'sælɪk]
How to pronounce oxalic in American English:
US [ɒk'sælɪk]
Word Origin
- oxalic (adj.)
- 1791, from French oxalique (1787, Lavoisier), from Latin oxalis "sorrel," from Greek oxalis, from oxys "sharp" (see acrid). So called because it occurs in sorrel.
Example
- 1. Such acid solutions as thin hydrochloric acid and oxalic acid etc.
- 2. Oxalic acid is always formed during the reaction .
- 3. Preparation of large particle yttrium oxide by precipitation with oxalic acid .
- 4. Anion exchange separation of np and pu in oxalic acid system .
- 5. Glycol is oxidized rapidly by it to oxalic and glycolic acids .