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Determination of weight of bulk oil shipments
Author(s) -
Lathrap C. A.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02545056
Subject(s) - tallow , specific gravity , environmental science , food science , chemistry , pulp and paper industry , mineralogy , engineering
The following is a brief consideration of the methods used in the determination of wt of bulk shipments of vegetable and animal fats and oils, with particular reference to tallow. Sources of error are noted, and the techniques involved in accurate specific gravity determinations are discussed.