Sodium oxalate

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Structural formula
Structure of sodium oxalate
General
Surname Sodium oxalate
other names
Molecular formula Na 2 C 2 O 4
Brief description

colorless and odorless crystals

External identifiers / databases
CAS number 62-76-0
EC number 200-550-3
ECHA InfoCard 100,000,501
PubChem 6125
Wikidata Q420127
properties
Molar mass 134.01 g mol −1
Physical state

firmly

density

2.27 g cm −3

Melting point

250 ° C (decomposition)

solubility
safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances
07 - Warning

Caution

H and P phrases H: 302-312
P: 280-302 + 352-301 + 312
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Sodium oxalate is a sodium salt of oxalic acid with the empirical formula Na 2 C 2 O 4 . It belongs to the group of oxalates .

Production and occurrence

Sodium oxalate can be obtained by reacting oxalic acid with sodium hydroxide solution .

It is produced on an industrial scale from sodium formate at a temperature of 360 ° C.

It is also produced in large quantities as waste in the Bayer process (production of aluminum hydroxide "alumina hydrate").

In nature, sodium oxalate occurs as the very rare mineral natroxalate .

properties

Sodium oxalate is a colorless, powdery, free-flowing salt that does not have a hygroscopic effect and only dissolves moderately in water. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system in the space group P 2 1 / a (space group no. 14, position 3) . Template: room group / 14.3

At 290 ° C, sodium oxalate begins to decompose into sodium carbonate and carbon monoxide .

The enthalpy of solution of sodium oxalate at 298.15 K is 13.86 kJ mol −1 .

use

It can be used in conjunction with manganese (II) sulphide to adjust potassium permanganate standard solutions ( Urtitersubstanz according to Sörensen ) (see also manganometry ). When plating a solution called sodium iron (III) oxalate is application which is obtained inter alia from sodium oxalate. It can also be used as a color generator (yellow / orange) in pyrotechnics . In metallurgy it is used for. B. in the roasting of vanadium ores in a rotary kiln (conversion of vanadium (V) oxide to sodium metavanadate ). It is also used as an aid in the textile industry and as an ingredient in special cements.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f Entry on sodium oxalate in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on January 8, 2018(JavaScript required) .
  2. a b Entry on sodium oxalate. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on September 29, 2014.
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  4. ^ T. Yoshimori, Y. Asano, Y. Toriumi and T. Shiota: Investigation on the drying and decomposition of sodium oxalate . In: Talanta 1978 , 25 (10), pp. 603-605. doi : 10.1016 / 0039-9140 (78) 80158-1 .
  5. MZH Rozaini, P. Brimblecombe: The solubility measurements of sodium dicarboxylate salts; sodium oxalate, malonate, succinate, glutarate, adipate and in water from T = (279.15 to 358.15) K . In: The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 2009 , 41 (9), pp. 980-983. doi : 10.1016 / j.jct.2009.03.017 .