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A New Process for Obtaining Inverted Sugar Using Carbon Dioxide
Author(s) -
Esteves A. M. L.,
Ferreira V. F.,
Paiva L. M. C.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
starch ‐ stärke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1521-379X
pISSN - 0038-9056
DOI - 10.1002/star.19860380506
Subject(s) - carbon dioxide , sugar , hydrolysis , sucrose , process (computing) , chemistry , partial pressure , chemical engineering , acid gas , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , computer science , engineering , oxygen , operating system
It has been found that carbon dioxide gas is an efficient acid‐catalyst to promote hydrolysis of a solution of sucrose. The conditions for this reaction to proceed have been found to be dependent on the partial pressure of the gas.