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A simple, rapid and reproducible method of determining the iodine value (IV) and saponification number (SN) for fats and oils was developed with an attenuated total reflectance/Fourier transform infrared spectrometer and commercially available triglycerides as calibration standards. Partial least squares was used to determine the spectral regions correlating with the known chemical IV and SN values, and the calibration set was augmented with additional standards generated by spectral co-adding techniques. The calibration model obtained was used to analyze commercially available fats and oils with a wide range of IV and SN values, and the results were compared to the values obtained by American Oil Chemists’ Society methods. With the spectrometer calibrated and programmed, IV and SN results could be obtained within 2–3 min per sample, a major improvement over conventional wet chemical methods.
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van de Voort, F.R., Sedman, J., Emo, G. et al. Rapid and direct lodine value and saponification number determination of fats and oils by attenuated total reflectance/fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. J Am Oil Chem Soc 69, 1118–1123 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02541047
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