INDUSTRIAL OILS AND DERIVATIVES. AOCS* AOCS Official Method Te 12-64 Acid Value DEFINITION ‘The acd value is the mg of potassium hydroxide necessary to neutralize fatty acids in 1g of es sample. SCOPE Applicable to all commercial fy acids and polymerized fatty acid. The method is also satisfactory for vegetable deodorizer distillates and distillation residues from hydrolyzed vegetable oil acisoapstock, APPARATUS 1, Erlenmeyer flask—500 ml. REAGENTS, 1, Sodium hydroxide solution, 0.5 M—accurately standardized. See AOCS Specification H 12-52. 2. Ethyl alcohol—95%, SDA Formula 30 and 3A are permitted. Add a few drops of phenolphthalein indicator solution. Boil and neutralize with NaOH solution to faine pink color just before using 3. Phenolphthalein indicator solution—1.0% in 95% alcohol PROCEDURE 1, Weigh accurately 5 g of fatty acids into 500 ml. Erlenmeyer flask and add 75-100 ml of hot neutral alcohol. Agitation and further heating may be necessary to bring the fatty acids into complete solution. 2. Add 0.5 mL of indicator and titrate immediately, while shaking, with 0.5 M NaOH to the fist pink color which persists for 30sec. CALCULATIONS volume of rant, ml. x Mx 56.10 ‘Acid value, expressed as mg KOH per gof fatty acids = ' pce delle! ‘nas of tex portion, g Where— 'M = molarity of accurately standardized sodium hydroxide solution, PRECISION ‘Aca confidence level of 95%: Fey Acids Fany Acids Disillates Tallow Coconut Macrial Polymerized Residues Soybean Linseed Range of Values 162-195 264 195-275, ‘Two single determinations performed in 1 laboratory shall not diffe f + 0.8% 1.0% £1.2% Single dete shall not differ from the mean value by more the £1.3% 1.9% 21.4% Page 1 01