Assertion: tartaric acid | /r/HasProperty | attacked by nitric acid
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text: Theproduction of tartaric acids through the oxidation of a carbohydrate by means of nitric acid is attended by the disadvantage that if sufflcient nitric acid is introduced to convert all of the carbohydrate then the tartaric acid which is formed inxthe first stages of theoxidation is attacked by the nitric acid and converted into oxalic acid with an attendant loss in yield.