The Journal of Physical Chemistry

Volatile Borates of Polyhydric Alcohols and the Activation of Boric Acid.

RE Rippere, VKL Mer

Index: Rippere, R. E.; Mer, V. K. la Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1943 , vol. 47, p. 204 - 234

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Abstract

Although it is well known that boric acid cannot be titrated satisfactorily by strong base, using phenolphthalein as an indicator, unless a suitable “activator” such as glycerol or mannitol is added (24), there is no generally accepted theory of the remarkable action of these compounds. The increase in effective acidity of the i&ak boric acid which is found to be produced by polyhydric alcohols in general is variously called “potentiation”(15, 16, 17) or ...