Assessment of Beeswax Adulteration by Paraffin and Stearic Acid Using ATR-IR Spectroscopy and Multivariate Statistics—An Analytical Method to Detect Fraud
A spectroscopic investigation of beeswax adulteration by paraffin and/or stearic acid was undertaken via Attenuated Total Reflectance Infra-Red spectroscopy (ATR-IR) combined with multivariate statistical analyses. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was successfully applied for the first time as an...
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| Formato: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-01-01
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| Colecção: | Foods |
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| Acesso em linha: | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/13/2/245 |