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Two continuous-flow systems for the determination of titratable acidity and ascrobic acid in fruit juice samples are described. The assemblies permit on-line dialysis of analytes prior to the reaction step, thus improving selectivity and performing sample dilution. Flow systems are built with a channel carrying the donor phase (sample in both determinations) and another channel carrying an acceptor phase, both of them entering the dialyser. The outcoming stream transporting the dialysed sample fills the valve loop, permitting its injection into a carrier stream which continuously passes through the spectrophotometric detector. For the titratable acidity, acceptor phase and carrier are distilled water, the reagent merged with the carrier channel being a buffered solution of bromothymol blue (pH 7). The analytical signal obtained is then monitored at 616 nm. For ascorbic acid, the acceptor phase was a Fe(III) solution, which reacts with the dialysed analyte to form Fe(II). A buffered solution of o-phenanthroline (pH 4.5) is used as carrier, reacting with Fe(II) to give the analytical signal, which is monitored at 510 nm. Chemical and physical parameters are optimized for both systems. The analytical features of the determination are established. Finally, the proposed procedures are compared with the official volumetric AOAC methods for both parameters. The FIA methods turn out to be suitable for a rapid and accurate control of fruit juice samples, compared with the reference methods; additionally they compete advantageously with the volumetric methods in the case of turbid and highly coloured samples.
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Alamo, J.M., Maquieira, A., Puchades, R. et al. Determination of titratable acidity and ascorbic acid in fruit juices in continuous-flow systems. Fresenius J Anal Chem 347, 293–298 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00323975
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