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Stoichiometric relationship between calcium oxide and sugars in water solution
Author(s) -
Walter R. H.,
Sherman R. M.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740240105
Subject(s) - stoichiometry , chemistry , alkali metal , calcium , inorganic chemistry , alkaline earth metal , calcium oxide , oxide , absorption (acoustics) , calcium compounds , organic chemistry , materials science , composite material
The interaction between 5 sugars and CaO in water solution has been found to be equimolar. Calcium uptake and ultraviolet absorption patterns between reducing and non‐reducing sugars in basic solution indicate that cation‐ and/or anion‐dependent reactions occur simultaneously and independently. It is suggested that variability of reported stoichiometric ratios between sugars and alkali or alkali‐earth metals may also be a function of the polarisability of sugarderived reacting species, under a given set of experimental conditions.