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Tuyen Truong1, Martin Palmer1, Nidhi Bansal1
1ARC Dairy Innovation Hub, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia.
Abstract:
This study aims to examine the solubility of CO2 in anhydrous milk fat (AMF) as functions of partial pressure, temperature, chemical composition and physical state of AMF. AMF was fractionated at 21°C to obtain stearin and olein fractions. The CO2 solubility was measured using a home-made experimental apparatus based on changes of CO2 partial pressures. The apparatus was found to be reliable as the measured and theoretical values based on the ideal gas law were comparable. The dissolved CO2 concentration in AMF increased with an increase in CO2 partial pressure (0-101kPa). The apparent CO2 solubility coefficients (molkg-1Pa-1) in the AMF were 5.75±0.16×10-7, 3.9±0.19×10-7 and 1.19±0.14×10-7 at 35, 24 and 4°C, respectively. Higher liquid oil proportions resulted in higher CO2 solubility in the AMF. There was insignificant difference in the dissolved CO2 concentration among the AMF, stearin and olein fractions in their liquid state at 40°C.
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