Engineering Controls The use of certain concentrations of perchloric acid must be performed in a fume hood equipped with washdown facilities. The need for safety shielding should be reviewed and ...

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Carboxylic acids can undergo reduction reactions. Reduction is the opposite of oxidation. For example, ethanoic acid (CH 3 COOH) can be formed by the oxidation of ethanol as shown below.

Vitamin C molecules can react to form dehydroascorbic acid by losing two hydrogen atoms ... The loss of hydrogen indicates an oxidation reaction (increasing the oxygen to hydrogen ratio) and ...

Upon addition of hydrogen peroxide to Rochelle's salt (sodium potassium tartrate), the hydrogen peroxide decomposes and tartaric acid is oxidized. This reaction proceeds very slowly at room ...