By Anonymous on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 - 07:59 am:

hi,
i would like to know bout Ascorbic acid.does it show tendency to degrade after 5hrs.and also its stability in solvents.pls do write tyo me bout it.

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By A.Mouse on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 - 07:06 pm:

Yes, ascorbic acid can degrade easily. The details can either be found in textbooks or you have to do the experiments.

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By Anonymous on Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 07:49 am:

please can u specify as my friend is stabilisg l-ascorbic acid and it seems that it degrades by 6%after 5 hrs