Ethyl heptanoate (EH), a food aroma compound, was added towater and allowed to come to equilibrium with a knownvolume of air and results showed that its partition coefficient,[EHair]/[EHwater] is equal to 1.8 x 10-2. In the same experimentwith oil in place of water, its partition coefficient, [EHair]/[EHoi]is found to be lower at 6.0 x 10-6. Account for the differencebetween the two values.

CONCEPT Partition coefficient is defined as the ratio of concentrations of a compound distributed in…

Ethyl heptanoate (EH), a food aroma compound, was added to water and allowed to come to equilibrium with a known volume of air and results showed that its partition coefficient, [EH»«]/[EHwater] is equal to 1.8 x 10-2. In the same experiment with oil in place of water, its partition coefficient, [EHair]/[EHo] is found to be lower at 6.0 x 106. Account for the difference

Ethyl heptanoate (EH), a food aroma compound, was added to water and allowed to come to equilibrium with a known volume of air and results showed that its partition coefficient, [EH»«]/[EHwater] is equal to 1.8 x 10-2. In the same experiment with oil in place of water, its partition coefficient, [EHair]/[EHo] is found to be lower at 6.0 x 106. Account for the difference

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