The following just came in to me from Joe Traynor:
Re: oxalic acid: Under high heat oxalic acid turns to formic acid
(with the release of carbon monoxide - CO); so you may essentially be
treating with formic if you're using the evaporator. I didn't
believe this at first but a beekeeper (smarter than me) sent me a
spec sheet on oxalic. I ran it by a person with organic chem
background and he said "of course" - he knew the chemical formulas
for both - knock a C and on O off oxalic and you've got formic. Both
are hazardous - formic probably more than oxalic.
FWIW.
Adrian
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