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The pasteur salts in solution act as a buffer to any acids the yeast may create. Since yeast only converts sugar (most likely sucrose or glucose) to ethanol under anaerobic conditions, and it is unreasonable to assume that there will be no oxygen present in the laboratory, some acetic acid is created as a result. The pasteur salts act as buffers to the acidity so that the proteins in the yeast do not become denatured. Hope this was the answer you were looking for

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