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an aliquote part of the final liquors so as to determine correctly the yield but [[red underline]] actual amounts of racemic and mesotartaric [[/red underline]] acids extracted, the result has entirely corroborated that practically, [[red underline]] within [[/red underline]] small differences due probably to manipulating errors, the amount of racemic and mesotartaric was exactly the same, and furthermore corresponds very closely to the amount indicated by the usual analytical method adapted in our experiments. I further found, by comparing the so called "erratic" results of the third cell these results were [[red underline]] only "erratic" whenever [[/red underline]] a radical charge was made to the conditions of the cell, namely [[strikethrough]] charged [[/strikethrough]] ^[[different]]
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diaphragm different cathodes etc. but the results were strikingly similar under [[strikethrough]] cert [[/strikethrough]] the same conditions. For instance in each set of repeated runs where the same cell conditions (same diaphragm same cathode, same anode) were obscured, then the yields [[red underline]] were in every instance almost identical [[/red underline]] or varied little [[red underline]] until some decided disturbance occurred [[/red underline]] as for instance tearing of a diaphragm. I [[strikethrough]] made them [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] My view was unanimously accepted. [[/red underline]] - I pointed out that the best results had been obtained with a [[red underline]] parchment diaphragm [[/red underline]] and the worst with a loosely porous diaphragm of asbestos or a diaphragm composed of perforated cement asbestos board enclosing a asbestos diaphragm. [[red underline]] Recommended [[/red underline]] returning to [[red underline]] parchment. [[/red underline]]
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