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acid value

DEFINITIONS OF: acid value

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n (chemistry) the amount of free acid present in fat as measured by the milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to neutralize it

“as the glycerides in fat slowly decompose the acid value increases”
Type of:
definite quantity
a specific measure of amount
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