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Monday, 16 February 2015

Free Fatty Acid Value (FFA)

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Free Fatty Acid Value (FFA)
   Free Fatty Acid Value or Acid value is the Number of milligram's of Potassium hydroxide necessary to neutralize the free acids in 1g of oil/fat sample.
Reagents
*      Mixture of ethanol & di-ethyl ether                                                                                                (1:1)
*        NaOH    0.01 N
*       Phenolphthalein indicator                                                                                                                                                      
1% in Ethanol
Procedure
*      Take oil samples (2- 5 g) in a conical flask as well as blank (with out sample)

*      Add 30 ml neutralized ethanol and di-ethylether mixture. Heat the mixture on hot plate at 40 oC ( in case of ghee).
*      Add few drops of phenolphthalein indicator.

*      Titrate the solution with NaOH until pink colour was stable for at least 20 seconds & note the reading 


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