Refractive index and fourier transform infrared spectra of virgin coconut oil and virgin olive oil

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 328-331

  Mahmood Mat Yunus, W ^a   Fen, Yap Wing ^a   Yee, Lim Mei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coconut oil: Olive oil; FTIR spectra; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949122837     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajas.2009.328.331     Document Type: Article

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