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The Microscale Laboratory
Microscale Preparation of Nickel Formate Dihydrate: A Simple Experiment for the Freshman Lab
Francisco J. Arnáiz
Laboratorio de Quimica Inorganica, Universidad de Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain
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October 1995
Vol. 72 No. 10
p. A200
Abstract
Nickel formate is important as a source of finely divided, catalytically active, metal, and is usually prepared either by metathetical reactions between the appropriate nickel salts and metal formates or by crystallizing the aqueous solution obtained by the reaction of formic acid with nickel carbonate, oxide, or hydroxide. The preparation method described here consists of reacting an aqueous solution of nickel acetate with formic acid and has some advantages over the above mentioned methods. It yields a more pure product than the metathetical reactions method. The work up is easier than in the crystallization because the acetate is much more soluble in water than the formate so that the volume of solution to be handled is reduced considerably.
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 Arnaiz, Francisco J. J. Chem. Educ. 1995 72 A200.
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