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Offline mrspock

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sulfuric acid reaction with formic acid
« on: August 22, 2018, 11:28:44 AM »
I need to make sulfuric acid react with formic acid under a fume cupboard certainly. Do I need to cool with ice water jacket the pot with the acids to reduce to zero the release of formic acid fumes?

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Re: sulfuric acid reaction with formic acid
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2018, 12:49:07 PM »
Formic acid is not the problem, but an other poisson gas? Which is it?

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Re: sulfuric acid reaction with formic acid
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2018, 01:02:15 PM »
Carbon monoxide will not affect the subject researched since it in not alive. I am worrying about corrosion and similar effects if hot liquids make formic acid evaporate.

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Re: sulfuric acid reaction with formic acid
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2018, 05:22:38 PM »
What scale is your reaction?

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Re: sulfuric acid reaction with formic acid
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2018, 05:29:14 PM »
Curiosity question

What concentrations of
sulfuric acid and formic acid
do you intend on using.

H2SO4

O=CO

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Re: sulfuric acid reaction with formic acid
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2018, 09:32:16 PM »
two liters of sulfuric acid 95% and one liter of formic acid 85%

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Re: sulfuric acid reaction with formic acid
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2018, 10:35:23 PM »
two liters of sulfuric acid 95% and one liter of formic acid 85%

Is there a particular reason you need to do it on such a large scale?

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Re: sulfuric acid reaction with formic acid
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2018, 04:01:44 PM »
I need a proper concentration of carbon monoxide for at least an hour and the closed area with the device under research observation is 60 cubic meters large.

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Re: sulfuric acid reaction with formic acid
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2018, 04:12:57 PM »
Why not get it in a gas bottle?

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