Summary
A number of tests applicable to crude glycerine have been studied to find a means of detecting crude glycerines which will cause more difficulty in the refinery or yield a poorer product than would be expected from the results of analyses customarily made. Five tests have been found which are believed to be useful in this way. They are determination of pH, determination of nitrogen, distillation, measurement of the color of the distillate, and measurement of distillate color of stability when heated.
It has not been possible to set limits of acceptability for these tests, but a glycerine refiner using one or more of them and correlating laboratory results with experience in the refinery should be able to establish his own standards of quality.
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