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Can raising the pH cause alkaline hydrolysis?

April 26, 2017alkaline cause hydrolysis pH raising

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Can raising the pH cause alkaline hydrolysis?

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No, the maximum pH achievable using magnesium oxide, 10.4, is well below the value that is required to weaken the paper structure in this way. Alkaline hydrolysis occurs at much higher pH values, at much higher than normal temperatures, in the presence of excess liquid water.