What is oxalic acid to do

1. As a bleaching agent:

Oxalic acid is mainly used as a reducing agent and bleaching agent, used in the production of antibiotics and other drugs and metals extraction solvent, dye reducing agent, tanning agent.

Oxalic acid can also be used for the production of cobalt - molybdenum - aluminum catalysts, the cleaning of metal and marble and the bleaching of textiles.

It is used for metal surface cleaning and treatment, rare earth element extraction, textile printing and dyeing, leather processing, catalyst preparation, etc.

2. As a reductant:

In the organic synthesis industry, it is mainly used in the production of hydroquinone, pentaerythritol, cobalt oxalate, nickel oxalate, gallic acid and other chemical products.

The plastics industry for the production of polyvinyl chloride, amino plastics, urea formaldehyde plastics, paint etc..

Malachite green dye industry for manufacturing etc..

The printing and dyeing industry can replace acetic acid, which is used as coloring agent and bleaching agent for pigment dyes.

The manufacture of aureomycin, oxytetracycline, tetracycline and streptomycin for pharmaceutical industry.

In addition, oxalic acid can also be used to synthesize various oxalate, oxalate and oxalamide, but the yield of two ethyl oxalate, sodium oxalate and calcium oxalate are the most important.

3, as a mordant:

Oxalic acid can be used for antimony mordant, ammonium ferric oxalate is printed on blueprint pharmacy.

4. The function of rust removal:

Oxalic acid can be used for rust removal. But be careful when using, the oxalic acid has strong corrosiveness to stainless steel. High concentrations of oxalic acid also easily corrode hands. And the formation of acid oxalate solubility is very large, but it has a certain toxicity. Don't eat or drink when you use it.

After the skin is exposed to oxalic acid, it should be cleaned in water in time.