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Test for ascertaining the quantity of lime required for rectifying acetic 

 acid 259 



Rectification of acetic acid, illustrated and described ; Use of the ace- 

 tate prepared from crude wood- vinegar for the preparation of acetic 

 acid . . - 26 



Reichenbach's method of destroying empyreumatic bodies in crude cal- 

 cium acetate ; Schnedermann's method .... 261 



Preparation of acetic acid from sodium acetate . 



Yield of acetic acid from crystallized sodium acetate ; Mollerat's method 

 of preparing acetic acid from sodium acetate, illustrated and described 263 



Glacial acetic acid ; Melsen's method of preparing glacial acetic acid . 265 



Calcium chloride as a by-product in the preparation of glacial acetic 

 acid ; Oil of lemon as a test for pure acetic acid ; Properties of gla- 

 cial acetic acid . . . . . . .266 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



ACETATES AND THEIR MANUFACTURE. 



Constitution of acetic acid ........ 266 



Solubility of acetates ; Preparation of acetates ; Potassium neutral ace- 

 tate 267 



Properties and uses of potassium acetate ; Potassium acid acetate or 



potassium diacetate ......... 268 



Sodium .toetate ; Properties and uses of sodium acetate ; Sacc's method 



of preserving meats and vegetables with sodium acetate . . . 269 



Explosive mixture prepared with the use of sodium acetate; Ammo- 

 nium acetate, neutral acetate of ammonia; Calcium acetate . . 270 



Barium acetate ; Mode of obtaining acetone from barium acetate . 271 



Strontium acetate ; Magnesium acetate ; Aluminium acetate ; Import- 

 ance of aluminium acetate in calico printing; Mode of preparing 

 aluminium acetate for the use of the calico printer .... 272 



Preparation of a mordant by decomposing alum by lead acetate ; lle- 

 ceipts for preparing red liquor ; Crace-Calvert's recommendation of 

 the use of sulphacetate of alumina for the preparation of mordant, 

 with formulae 273 



Messrs Storck & Co.'s, of Asniferes, France, process for the manufac- 

 ture of aluminium acetate from the phosphate; Manganese acetate 1 

 Preparation of manganous sulphate ..... 274 



Iron acetates ; Ferrous acetate ....... 275 



Properties and use of ferrous acetate ; Neutral ferric acetate or sesqui- 

 acetate of iron . .... 276 



Mode of preparing pure neutral ferric acetate . . . . 277 



Uses of the acetates of iron ; Chromium acetates . . . 278 



