Amount of oxalic acid present in solution can be oxidised by its titration with KMnO_(4) solution in the presence of H_(2)SO_(4). The titration gives unsatisfactory result when carried out in the presence of HCl, because HCl :

Amount of oxalic acid present in solution can be oxidised by its titra

1.	Amount of oxalic acid present in solution can be oxidised by its titration with KMnO_(4) solution in the presence of H_(2)SO_(4). The titration gives unsatisfactory result when carried out in the presence of HCl, because HCl :
Answer» oxidises oxalic acid to carbon dioxide and water gets oxidised by oxalic acid to CHLORINE furnishes `H^(+)` IONS in ADDITION to those from oxalic acid reduces PERMANGANATE to `Mn^(2+)` Solution :N//A