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ESR Spectrometer as a Possible Tool for Rapid Analysis of Cane Sugar Purity |
| Kheamrutai Thamaphat1;Pichet Limsuwan1;Siwaporn Meejoo2 |
| 1Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand2Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rajathevi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand |
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Kheamrutai Thamaphat, Pichet Limsuwan, Siwaporn Meejoo 2007 Chin. Phys. Lett. 24 3524-3527 |
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Abstract A method for quantitative/qualitative determination of cane sugar purity by ESR is devised. Refined sugar, plantation white sugar, soft brown sugar and raw sugar are used as samples in this work. The sucrose radical is produced by pulverization of sugar and it increases as the particle size decreases. Based on pulverization-induced sucrose radical, ESR study demonstrates the effects of sugar purity on characteristic of ESR spectrum. The relationship between the sucrose contents and peak area under the ESR spectrum is manifested. It is found that the peak area or sucrose radical concentration increases linearly with the increase of sucrose content. Using the linear
regression method, the sucrose amount can be revealed. This approach is a promising fast and accurate method for sugar purity analysis.
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76.30.-v
76.30.Rn
82.80.Ms
87.58.Vr
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Received: 25 June 2007
Published: 03 December 2007
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76.30.-v
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(Electron paramagnetic resonance and relaxation)
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76.30.Rn
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(Free radicals)
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82.80.Ms
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(Mass spectrometry (including SIMS, multiphoton ionization and resonance ionization mass spectrometry, MALDI))
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87.58.Vr
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