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Larry Tracy

What's the reason that alkanolamines change their color at storage?

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Oxidative degradation by oxygen certainly occurs and has been studied 1, 2. I can't access the papers so I have no information on possible mechanisms. I've seen no mention of UV degradation, but that doesn't mean it does not happen.

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