Fig. 11.
Racemization of bleached Bithynia tentaculata shell at 140 °C in the FAA (left) and THAA (right). The upper graphs show the measured D/L values; the lower graphs show the data plotted as ln{(1+D/L)/(1−D/L)} vs. time. If the reaction follows reversible first-order kinetics, the relation should be linear.