Evaluation of the effect of repeated heating on commercially available vegetable oils using Raman Spectroscopy

Authors

Bea Barolo Artuz ⋅ PH Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, University of the Philippines Manila
Ralph Thomas Camot Maestre ⋅ PH Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, University of the Philippines Manila
Marie Josephine Madriñan De Luna ⋅ PH Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, University of the Philippines Manila

Abstract

Chemical changes in palm and coconut oil, repeatedly heated for up to 9 times, were evaluated using Raman Spectroscopy. A decreasing trend in band intensities centered at around 1265 cm^-1 which corresponds to CH bending in cis double bonds δ(=C-H) was observed, with the trend being more pronounced in palm oil. This is attributed to a decrease in unsaturated fatty acid content as a consequence of oxidation. On the other hand, an increase in band intensities centered at around 1640 cm^-1 was observed in palm oil, but not evident in coconut oil. This is attributed to the formation of oxidation products from the breakdown of unsaturated fatty acids. Results suggest that in processes involving repeated heating, coconut oil appears to be more stable against oxidation than palm oil due to the low unsaturated fatty acid content of coconut oil.

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Issue

2019: Proceedings of the 37th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference

Article ID

SPP-2019-PA-42

Section

Poster Session PA

Published

2019-05-20

How to Cite

[1]

BB Artuz, RTC Maestre, and MJM De Luna, Evaluation of the effect of repeated heating on commercially available vegetable oils using Raman Spectroscopy, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 37, SPP-2019-PA-42 (2019). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2019-PA-42.