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An attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy procedure was collaboratively studied among two sets of five laboratories for quantitating the total trans fatty acid levels in neat (without solvent) hydrogenated vegetable oils, measured as triacylglycerols in one study, and as fatty acid methyl ester derivatives in the other. Unlike the fatty acid methyl esters, the triacylglycerols required no derivatization but had to be melted prior to measurement. To obtain a symmetric absorption band at 966 cm−1 on a horizontal background, the single-beam spectrum of the trans-containing fat was "ratioed" against that of a refined oil or a reference material that contained only cis double bonds. A single-bounce horizontal attenuated total reflection cell that requires 50 µL of undiluted test samples was used for oils, melted fats, or their methyl esters. For fatty acid methyl esters, the reproducibility relative standard deviations were in the range of 0.9 to 18.46% for 39.08 to 3.41% trans, determined as methyl elaidate per total fatty acid methyl esters. For five pairs of triacylglycerol blind duplicates, the reproducibility and repeatability relative standard deviations were in the ranges of 1.62 to 18.97%, and 1.52 to 13.26%, respectively, for 39.12 to 1.95% trans, determined as trielaidin per total triacylglycerols. Six pairs of spiked triacylglycerol blind duplicates (quality assurance standards) exhibited high accuracy in the range of 0.53 to 40.69% trans and averaged a low bias of 1.3%. These statistical analysis results were compared to those collaboratively obtained by the recently adopted AOCS Cd14-95 and AOAC 994.34 Infrared Official Methods.
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Adam, M., Chew, M., Wasserman, S. et al. Determination of trans fatty acids in hydrogenated vegetable oils by attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy: Two limited collaborative studies. J Amer Oil Chem Soc 75, 353–358 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11746-998-0052-5
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