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An improved method for the determination of iodine numbers

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A modified Rosenmund-Kuhnhenn method has been described in which, with one easily prepared and stable reagent, consistent and repeatable iodine numbers are obtained in one minute with all ordinary nonconjugated fats and oils.

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  1. Leo Klee (Associate Professor of Biochemistry)

    Present address: The Griffith Laboratories, 1415 W. 37th Street, Chicago, Illinois

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  1. Department of Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

    G. Harvey Benham & Leo Klee (Associate Professor of Biochemistry)

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Presented before the American Oil Chemists' Society Meeting, Chicago, November 2, 1949.

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Harvey Benham, G., Klee, L. An improved method for the determination of iodine numbers. J Am Oil Chem Soc 27, 127–129 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02634381

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