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shovon39
Jun 4, 2009, 09:43 AM
How oxalic acid reacts with sodium hydroxide and what's is the products.

Unknown008
Jun 4, 2009, 09:52 AM
The acid reacts with the base like any other acid-base reaction. Oxalic acid has the formula HOOCCOOH

Oxalic acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalic_acid)

You'll have water and a salt. The salt, you have by removing the two H from the acid, and taking the Na, that is, you'll have NaOOCCOONa

(C_2O_4)Na_2