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pH-metric determination of acid numbers of petroleum oils without titration
I Kuselman1, Y I Tur'yan, E Strochkova
1The National Physical Laboratory of Israel, Givat Ram, Jerusalem. kuselman@netvision.net.il
Abstract:
A pH-metric method was developed for determination of the acid numbers of oils containing organic and inorganic acids at levels <0.1 mg KOH/g oil. The method is based on rapid and complete extraction of acids from a test portion of oil into a special reagent, and measurement of the conditional pH of the mixture "oil-reagent" by a glass electrode. The method uses nontoxic reagents, is not time and labor consuming, and is cheap and simple enough for automation.
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