The anodic oxidation of calcium lactate : an estimation of the products of electrolysis and an investigation into some of the problems involved

Impey, Norman Robert Murray

Title: The anodic oxidation of calcium lactate : an estimation of the products of electrolysis and an investigation into some of the problems involved
Creator: Impey, Norman Robert Murray
Subject: Electrolytic oxidation
Date Issued: 1949
Date: 1949
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MSc
Identifier: vital:4480
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012556
Identifier: Electrolytic oxidation
Description: The subject of this thesis was chosen originally as a result of a suggestion made by a manufacturer of lactic acid. Lactic acid is made by a fermentation process from molasses and the acid is extracted from the fermentation liquors as calcium lactate. The conversion of the calcium lactate back to lactic acid is a tedious process from an industrial point of view. It was therefore suggested that the conversion may be more easily accomplished by electrolysis. The first experimental work was conducted with this object in view, but it soon became apparent that it was unlikely that lactic acid could be produced in suitable quantities for industrial purposes by this means. There was no reference in the literature to the electrolysis of calcium lactate, and little reference to the electrolysis of lactates in general, and what there was appeared to be conflicting, so it was decided to continue the investigation into the subject in order to determine what are the products of the anodic oxidation of calcium lactate. Intro., p.1.
Format: 145 p.
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University
Publisher: Faculty of Science, Chemistry
Language: English
Rights: All degree certificates issued during the period 1904-1950 were issued by the University of the Cape of Good Hope/University of South Africa. Unisa owns the copyright of all Rhodes theses up to 1950.

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