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Aocs Method
Aocs Method
Aocs Method
APPARATUS 2. Place in air oven and dry for 30 min at 130 + I "C.
1. Air oven-AOCS Specification H 3-45. Remove from the oven, cool to room temperature in a
2. Aluminum moisture dishes-minimum 30 gauge, desiccator and weigh.
approximately 50 x 20 mm, with tight-fitting slip-over 3. Repeat Procedure, 2 until the loss in weight does not
covers; Sargent-Welch (20 mL WLS 25725-B, 50 mL exceed 0.05% per 30-min drying period.
WLS 25725-D), or equivalent (see Notes, I).
3. Desiccator-containing an efficient desiccant. Calcium CALCULATIONS
A
u' chloride is not satisfactory. See AOCS Specification H 9-87. 1. Moisture and volatile matter, % =
PREPARATION O F SAMPLE loss in mass, g
I. Because water tends to settle in samples that have soft- x 100
mass of sample, g
ened or melted. care must be taken to mix sam~lesthor-
oughly so as to distribute the water uniformiy. Soften
with gentle heat (do not melt) and mix thoroughly with NOTES
an efficient mixer. I . For samples with high moisture and volatile content,
the use of lightweight, coverless, disposable weighing
PROCEDURE dishes is not permitted. Erroneously high results may
I . Weigh accurately 5 g of sample into a tared moisture dish be obtained due to oil loss from splattering during
that has been dried and cooled previously in a desiccator. heating.
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SAMPLING A N D ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL FATS A N D OILS
Table 2
The average, expected between-laboratory variation (stan-
dard deviation of reproducibility, SR) for the determination
"FFA, free fatty acid; N, normality. of free fatty acids in refined, bleached and deodorized oilsa
-- - - - -
Approximate
PROCEDURE ,
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SAMPLING A N D ANALYSIS O F COMMERCIAL FATS A N D OILS ',
Insoluble impurities"
DEFINITION
This method determines dirt, meal and other foreign substances insoluble in kerosene and petroleum
ether.
SCOPE
Applicable to all normal fats and oils.
APPARATUS 3. Filter through the prepared Gooch crucible with the aid
1. Gooch crucible--prepared with a glass-fiber filter with- of a vacuum. Wash with five 10-mL portions of hot
out organic filler (Reeve Angel 934 AH or WhatmanJ kerosene, allowing each portion to drain before adding
GF/C). Wash the filter with y , ~ x , all;l2b& and e h s the next.
Dry to constant weight at I0 I k 1"C Cool in a desicca- 4. Wash thoroughly with petroleum ether to remove all of
tor to room temperature and weigh. J the kerosene. Dry the crucible and contents to a
2. Filter flask of convenient size ahd Gooch crucible constant weight at 101 k 1°C. cool to room temperature
v in a desiccator and weigh.
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adapter.
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