TECATOR Soxtec System - Page 2

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Fat determination
by solvent extraction
with Soxtec System
tecator
Sample prepa-
ration(milling,
homogenization
etc.)
weigh sample into
thimble(Wi)
Drying
of samples
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H
cm
Fix thimbles into
extraction unit
.
Fix weighed extrac-
tion cups into Ex-
traction Unit.
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Weigh extraction cups (W2) Add solvent to extraction cups
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Boiling extraction with
thimbles in submerged,
boiling position (=^10 min)
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Final extraction with
thimbles in upper, rinsing
position (=^20 min) followed by sol-
vent evaporation (=^5 min)
Remove extrac-
tion cups
Dry extraction cups
Weigh extraction
f
cups with extracted
/o Tai
fat(W
3
)
W
3
—W2 .
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