At what pH will cotton corrode or decompose?

Lokesh Murali @Lokesh_Murali

10 October 2019 1 1K Report

What is the minimum pH to be maintained to keep the cotton from corroding or decomposing when kept in an acidic medium?

Shiv Kumar Yadav

it is sulphuric acid which decomose cotton however acetic acid mixed with acetic anhydride dissolve it

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