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Food analysis

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Sciences / Chemistry
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Card 181

Question

What does the acronym associated w/food analysis techniques 'FTIR' stand for?

Answer

Fourier Transform Infared Spectroscopy

Card 182

Question

What type of compounds is flame photometric detector (FPD) specific for?

Answer

FPD is specific to compounds containing sulfur and phosphorous compounds

Card 183

Question

What does the Ninhydrin assay measure?

Answer

Free amino acids and amines

Card 184

Question

What instrument is used for specific volatile aroma compounds quantitation?

Answer

Gas chromatograph

Card 185

Question

What does GC stand for?

Answer

Gas Chromatography

Card 186

Question

What analytical technique separates compounds based on volatility and interaction with a stationary phase?

Answer

Gas chromatography

Card 187

Question

What chromatographic technique is commonly used to analyze fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs)?

Answer

Gas chromatography (GC)

Card 188

Question

Which chromatographic technique is most commonly used to quantify volatile flavor compounds?

Answer

Gas chromatography (GC), often GC-MS.

Card 189

Question

What does GC-MS stand for?

Answer

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Card 190

Question

Name two situations in which a chemist is confronted with theoretical plates.

Answer

Gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, and distillation.

Card 191

Question

Which chromatography technique separates compounds based on volatility?

Answer

Gas chromatography.

Card 192

Question

What is another name for gas chromatography?

Answer

Gas-liquid partition chromatography (GLPC), vapor-phase chromatography (VPC)

Card 193

Question

What does GPC stand for wrt food analysis?

Answer

Gel Permeation Chromatography

Card 194

Question

Name three gelling food proteins.

Answer

Gelatin, egg white, whey proteins, soy protein, casein, myofibrilar proteins

Card 195

Question

Name 2 wet methods for determination of fat content in milk.

Answer

Gerber and Babcock

Card 196

Question

What analytical method is commonly used to determine moisture content by weight loss on drying?

Answer

Gravimetric oven drying

Card 197

Question

In Reverse phase HPLC, what component retains highly hydrophobic impurities from going onto the analytical column and permanently interacting with the stationary phase which ultimately prolongs the analytical column's capacity?

Answer

Guard column

Card 198

Question

Balancing cost speed and ease of use, which rapid quality control for syrup measuerment was used by industry?

Answer

Handheld refractometer

Card 199

Question

What does HETP stand for in column design?

Answer

Height equivalent to a theoretical plate

Card 200

Question

What does HPLC stand for?

Answer

High Performance Liquid Chromatography

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