Re: boric acid and lime - reaction with starch
- From: Madalch <tressure@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:11:13 -0700 (PDT)
On Jun 17, 11:46 pm, mrdarr...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Ah... but why boric acid, combined with lime? (Isn't that odd, to
combine an acid with a base?)
Two reasons come to mind.
The lime might be too strong of a base, and the weak boric acid
buffers it a bit.
Boric acid (or borates) form complex ions with vicinal dihydroxy
groups, which are found in cellulose, and may also react with the
lignin.
I'm not a wood or a paper chemist, so people can feel free to offer
more reasonable suggestions.
.
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