Rapid acid tests for cream

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2017-08-18
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Bird, E.
Breazeale, D.
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The Farrington rapid acid test has been employed for many years by the fluid milk industry for grading samples on the borderline of acidity set for their purchase. In performing the test, neutralizing solutions (containing phenolphthalein) used are of such strength that 1 dipper of solution added to 1 dipper (of the same size) of milk gives a pink mixture if the milk is 0.1 percent acid or less; 2 dippers of neutralizing solution grade at the 0.2 percent point and so on. By adjusting the neutralizing strength the grades corresponding to 1 and 2 dippers of neutralizing solution to 1 of milk can be made 0.2 and 0.4 percent, respectively, instead of 0.1 and 0.2 percent. This is the strength of the solution used for cream grading.

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