Investigation of the complex thermal behavior of fats |
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Authors: | G. Keller F. Lavigne C. Loisel M. Ollivon C. Bourgaux |
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Affiliation: | (1) Equipe Physico-chimie des Systèmes Polyphasés, URA 1218 du CNRS, 5, rue J-B. Clément, 92296 Chatenay-Malabry;(2) Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation du Rayonnement Electromagnétique (LURE), Université Paris-Sud, BP 209D, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | The thermal behavior of three ural fats (displaying very different composition), cocoa butter (CB)2, lard, and a stearin obtained from anhydrous milk-fat (AMF) fractionation, were studied by both DSC and X-ray diffraction as a function of temperature (XRDT). To perform temperature explorations between –30 C and +80 C, at rates identical to those used for DSC and ranging from 0.1 K min–1 to 10 K min–1, a new set of X-ray sample-holders, temperature-controlled by Peltier effect, has been developed. It is shown that the three more stable polymorphic forms of CB were easily characterized by either X-ray diffraction or DSC, and existence of two -3L forms was confirmed. On the contrary, the more complex polymorphism of lard and AMF required combined examination by DSC and XRDT and the brightness of the synchrotron source for studies at the highest heating rates. Quantitative analysis of the long spacings of XRDT recordings is invaluable for interpretation of thermal events. For instance, it was found that the simultaneous formation of two polymorphic forms, of apparent long spacing of 34 and 42 å, at the onset of lard crystallization might explain the difficulty of its fractionation.Special thanks to Courtney P. Mudd (NIH, Bethesda) for his pertinent advice on the mounting and use of thermoelectric devices. The study of lard crystallization was initiated by Valerie Portalier and suggested by Jean-Luc Vendeuvre of CTSCCV (Maisons-Alfort). For the AMF part of this study, stearin was fractionated by ADRIA Normandie, while characterization of its thermal properties was performed as part of a research program funded by ARILAIT Recherches and the French Ministry of Research and Technology. |
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Keywords: | cocoa butter fat crystallization DSC fat polymorphism fat structure fats lard milk fat triacylglycerols X-ray diffraction |
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