Determination of Lactose Concentration in Milk Serum by Refractometry and Polarimetry
Keywords:
lactose, milk, polarimetry, refractometryAbstract
The research had in view to evaluate and compare two instrumental techniques used for the determination of milk lactose. Refractometric and polarimetric measurements were carried out on milk serum obtained after precipitation of casein by two different methods: by acidification of milk to its isoelectric point (E1), and by using copper sulphate and potassium ferrocyanide (E2). The average lactose content measured by refractometry was 5.469±0.256 g% for method E1 and 5.852±0.218 g% for method E2. The obtained average lactose values measured by polarimetry were higher both for E1 (5.613±0.253 g%) and E2 (5.910±0.224 g%) methods, due to the interference with other optically active components. The experimental data revealed a high correlation between the results obtained by refractometry and polarimetry (r=0.8712) when casein precipitation was performed by potentiometric titration until pH=4.6, at 25°C with 2N acetic acid (method E1).
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