355. Aluminum Oxalate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 814-87-9
C6Al2O12; mol wt 318.02.
C 22.66%, Al 16.97%, O 60.37%.
Al2(C2O4)3.

Description and references

Prepn: GB 348789 and GB 348790 (both 1930 to I.G. Farben).

Derivative

Hydrate.

Properties

Powder. Practically insol in water, alc. Sol in mineral acids.

Use

Mordant in printing textiles, dyeing cotton.