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Reichert value
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English
Etymology
Named after the chemist Emil Reichert.
Noun
A numeric indicator of the amount of volatile fatty acid which can be extracted from a particular fat or oil through saponification, equal to the number of millilitres of 0.1 normal hydroxide solution necessary for the neutralization of the water-soluble volatile fatty acids distilled and filtered from 5 grams of the given fat.
en Reichert-Meissl number Reichert-Meissl-Wollny number Reichert-Meissl-Wollny value
en Kirschner value Polenske value
en eponyms