• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.655-658
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• 1994

This study was designed to investigate the suitability of oxidation matters and physico-chemical characteristics as a quality evaluation for the extent of rancidity development in fats and oils undergoing thermal oxidation. The results showed that acid value rapidly increased during heating time. Soybean oil, especially revealed a faster increase than palm oil and palm olein. Anisidine value and conjugated diene value also increased. Especially, soybean oil increased more rapidly than palm oil and palm olein. Active oxygen method stability was good in the ranks of palm oil, palm olein and soybean oil. Primary oxidation matter (POM) and secondary oxidation matter (SOM) were surveyed as an evaluation method for the extent of rancidity development in fats and oils. POM and SOM showed a sharp increase during the thermal oxidation period.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.20-26
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• 2010

Water soluble organic and inorganic species are important components in atmospheric aerosol particles and may act as cloud condensation nuclei to indirectly affect the climate. To characterize organic and elemental carbon(OC and EC), water-soluble organic carbon(WSOC) and inorganic ionic species contents, daily $PM_{2.5}$ measurements were made during the wintertime at an urban site of Gwangju. Average concentrations of WSOC, $NO_3^-$, $SO_4^{2-}$ and $NH_4^+$, which are major components in the water-soluble fraction in PM2.5, are 2.11, 5.73, 3.51 and $3.31{\mu}g/m^3$, respectively, representing 12.0(2.9~23.9%), 21.0(12.9~37.6%), 11.6(2.5~25.9%) and 11.7%(3.8~18.6%) of the $PM_{2.5}$, respectively. Abundance of water soluble organic compounds ranged from 5.4 to 35.9% of total water soluble organic and inorganic components with a mean of 17.6%. Even though the sampling was performed during the winter, the average contributions of secondary OC and WSOC, as deduced from primary OC/EC(or WSOC/EC) ratio, were relatively high, accounting for 17.9%(0~44.4%) of the total OC and 11.2%(0.0~51.4%) of the total WSOC, respectively. During the sampling period, low $SO_4^{2-}/(SO_4^{2-}+SO_2$) ratio of 0.14(0.03~0.32) and relative humidity condition in the winter time suggest an possibility of impact of long-range transport and/or aqueous transformation processes such as metal catalyzed oxidation of sulfur, in-cloud processes, etc.