acid value
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(chemistry) the amount of free acid present in fat as measured by the milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to neutralize it (synset 113602801)
"as the glycerides in fat slowly decompose the acid value increases"referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactionsis a type of: definite quantity - a specific measure of amount
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