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James and Martin1 separated the fatty acids up to lauric acid by passage through a column of kieselguhr and silicone DC.550/stearic acid at 137° C, and measured each fraction automatically by alkali titration.
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James, A. T., and Martin, A. J. P., Biochem. J., 50, 679 (1952); Analyst, 77, 915 (1952).
Hilditch, T. P., “The Chemical Constitution of Natural Fats”, 2nd edit., p. 474 et seq. (Chapman and Hall, London, 1947).
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CROPPER, F., HEYWOOD, A. Analytical Separation of the Methyl Esters of the C12–C22 Fatty Acids by Vapour-Phase Chromatography. Nature 172, 1101–1102 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/1721101b0
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