Salt Effects on the Hydrolysis of Sucrose ma8 The acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of sucrose has long been regarded as a third-order reaction N.C, involving sucrose, water, and hydronium ion (I).However, under the appropriate laho- ' v ~ + , .. "C, ratory conditions (high acid and water concentrations),the reaction folluws pseudo-first ".. ..eI, order kinetics. In this study, the effect of added salts (KN03, K2S04, KCI, NazSO4, NaCI, '"2 a