The thermal decomposition of oxalates. Part VIII. Thermogravimetric and X-ray analysis study of the decomposition of aluminium oxalate

The thermal decomposition of basic aluminium oxalate has been studied by thermogravimetric and X-ray powder diffraction methods. It is suggested that the decomposition is similar to that of gibbsite, and that the original structure is a three-dimensional array of aluminium, oxalate, and hydroxyl ions in a distorted gibbsite lattice.