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Oragnoleptic properties
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Specification
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Appearance
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Clear, colourless or greenish-yellow transparent liquid.
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Solubility
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Practically insoluble in ethanol (96 per cent), miscible with light petroleum (50-70 °C).
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Physical Characteristic
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Beautiful
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IDENTIFICATION
First Identification B
Second identification A
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As per BP
Identification of fatty oils by thin-layer chromatography
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Refractive index @ 20 oC
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1,468 – 1,476
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Specific gravity @ 25 oC
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About 0.913
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Acid value
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NMT 0.1%
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Iodine value
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75 – 95
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Peroxide value
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10 max
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Saponifiable number
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187 – 197
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Un saponifable matter
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NMT 1.5%
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Sterol composition
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NMT 0.3% of brassicasterol
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Water
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Maximum 0.1 per cent
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Heavy metals
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NMT 10 pg/g
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Assay (By GC)
Lauric
Myristic
Palmitic
Palmitoleic Acid
Stearic
Oleic
Linoleic
Linolenic
Arachidic
Behenic
Erucic
Lignceric
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Less than 0.1 %
Less than 0.2 %
9.0 to 13.0%
Less than 0.3 %
2.5 to 5.0%
17.0 to 30.%
48.0 to 58.0%
5.0 to 11.0
Less than 0.1 %
Less than 0.1 %
Less than 0.1 %
Less than 0.3 %
Less than 0.5 %
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