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To Obtain Chloric Acid
Dis- sulphuric acid, avoiding excess, throw down solve chlorate of baryta in 16 times its weight the excess of lead from the supernatant porof water; then add dilute sulphuric acid until tion with sulphuretted hydrogen, evaporate, all the baryta be precipitated as sulphate, and crystallize. Malic acid is also obtained The clear liquid may then be concentrated by from the juice of apples and several other evaporation to a thin, oily consistence... sorts of fruit ALKALIES