The_simpsons Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 is it possible to extract oxalic acid from rubarb(at home)? how much oxalic acid does rhubarb contain in the leaves? curious on this, because during the summer it grows a lot fo rhubarb in my garden, and they grow fast. would be interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartaglia Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Oxalic acid is fairly easily oxidised. Just cooking rhubarb destroys it. This may make it difficult to extract. As it is a potential chelating ligand it may be possible to precipitate out a metal complex of it from rhubarb juice. Very cheap to buy though and more easily made by other procedures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_simpsons Posted January 28, 2006 Author Share Posted January 28, 2006 haven't checked the stores yet, but i like to extract myself, find it intresting. so i want to do it for fun. i hope its possible for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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