Date of Award
12-1984
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Chemistry
First Advisor
Dr. James A. Howell
Second Advisor
Dr. Dale Warren
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration requires the disclosure of total unsaturation of commercial products as an indication of nutritional value. This unsaturation is a guide to the expected stability of food additives, such as edible oils and foods in which they are used. Unsaturation is typically evaluated as an iodine number, calculated for these additives based on their consumption of iodine through addition across the carbon-carbon double bonds. This titration method can typically take 45 minutes.
The investigation presented develops an alternative method for determining iodine numbers of some common oils using a computerized infrared spectophotometer. The analysis time, as compared to the titration method, is reduced by 20 fold.
Recommended Citation
Lowry, Jeffrey C., "The Application of Multiderivative Infrared Spectroscopy to Iodine Number Determination" (1984). Masters Theses. 1530.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1530