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| | | | | |
| | Saponification | Acidity | Titre, | Refractive |
| | Equivalent. | (as Oleic Acid) | deg.C. | Index at |
| | | Per Cent. | | 25 deg. C. |
|________________|________________|_________________|________|____________|
| | | | | |
| Cochin oil | 215.5 | 1.5 | 23.5 | 1.4540 |
| Cochin oil | 214.3 | 2.6 | 22.1 | 1.4541 |
| Ceylon oil | 214.6 | 5.47 | 23 | 1.4535 |
| Ceylon oil | 216 | 3.95 | 22.75 | 1.4535 |
| Belgian coprah | 214.2 | 1.65 | 23 | 1.4541 |
| Belgian coprah | 215 | 2.60 | 22.1 | 1.4540 |
| French coprah | 214.2 | 6.55 | 23 | 1.4535 |
| French coprah | 214.8 | 7.42 | 22 | 1.4540 |
| Pressed coprah | 215.8 | 7.45 | 22.2 | 1.4542 |
| Pressed coprah | 216 | 9.41 | 22 | 1.4555 |
|________________|________________|_________________|________|____________|

Cocoa-nut oil should absorb 8.9 to 9.3 per cent. iodine.

_Palm-nut Oil._--The kernels of the palm-tree fruit are exported from
the west coast of Africa to Europe, and this oil obtained from them.
Typical samples of English and Hamburg oils tested:--

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| | | | |
| Saponification | Acidity | Titre, | Refractive |
| Equivalent. | (as Oleic Acid) | deg.C. | Index at |
| | Per Cent. | | 25 deg. C. |
|________________|_________________|________|____________|
| | | | |
| 225 | 4.4 | 24 | 1.4553 |
| 227 | 7.7 | 23.8 | 1.4553 |
|________________|_________________|________|____________|

Palm-nut oil should absorb 10 to 13 per cent. iodine.

_Olive Oil._--The olive is extensively grown in Southern Europe and in
portions of Asia and Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea. The fruit
of this tree yields the oil.

The free fatty aci