Action of Hydrated and Nonhydrated Salts on Saponification. 103 



The following curves show the amounts of methyl formate saponi- 

 fied at the two temperatures, 15 and 25. 



19 



IH 



17 



16 



15 



13 



c 

 o 



Q- 

 <D 

 OT II 



(0 



11 

 00 

 10 



0> 



o 



c 



15' 



Time.- ._4hours 



Normal salt solutions 

 Ester-methyl formate 



Tem perature 

 FIGURE 10. 



CaClj 



Mg(NO) 

 5rCI, 



BaCI, 



Ca(NOj), 



BaBr, 



CaBr 2 



KCI 



NaBr 

 Li NO, 



LiBr, 



Li, SO* 



HjO 

 SrBr, 



KI 



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