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===Effects of pH===
Yet another consideration is the effect of pH on the decomposition of SMM into DMS. The [[Dimethyl_Sulfide#Mashing_and_Boiling|half-life table above]] demonstrates that a difference decrease of -0.3 pH increases the half-life by 5.5 minutes%. Unfortunately we do not have data to show if this effect is linear or not, but assuming it is linear then the conversion of SMM into DMS after the wort has soured would be greatly reduced. Assuming the effect of pH on SMM half-life is linear, and that every -0.3 pH is another 5.5+ minutes of half-life, the half-life table could be updated to include the first column:
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