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    BRIX- The percentage by weight of dissolved solids in a sugar solution as indicated by:

    REFRACTOMETRIC BRIX
    DUR

    POL (Polarization) - The value determined by direct or single polarization of the normal
    weight sugar solution in a saccharimeter. The term is used in the calculations as if it were a real
    substance.

    SUCROSE

    TURBIDITY - The light scattering resulting from the difference between the refractive
    indices of suspended materials and the sugar solution.

    MOISTURE - The loss in weight due to drying under specific condition, expressed as a
    percentage of the total weight

    COLOR

    BAUME

    OPEN CELL INDEX

    PREPARATION INDEX

    DEXTRAN
    ROBERTS
    HAZE

    ASH - The residue after burning off all the organic matter by incineration
    CONDUCTIVITY METER
    Conductimetric ash
    FILTER CAKE- residue removed from the process by filtration

    FINAL MOLASSES - Mother liquor separated from the sugar crystals by centrifuging the low
    grade or last massecuite of the boiling system, from which no more sugar can be recovered
    ecomically.

    BLACK STRAP - Trade name for molasses

    REDUCING SUGAR - The reducing substances in cane and its products, calculated as invert
    sugars: glucose (or dextrose) and levulose (or fructose): identical to invert sugars
    INVERT SUGAR - The mixture of equal parts of glucose (or dextrose) and fructose (or
    levulose) resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose.

    FIBER- The dry water insoluble matter in the cane.


    Non- Pol - Brix minus pol
    Non sucrose - Brix minus sucrose
    Non- sugar - Brix minus pol
    Picul - A term used in the philippines for (a unit bag of) 63.25 kilos of sugar.

    STARCH

    SEDIMENT
    SUGAR TEST (MOLISH TEST)
    ENTRAINMENT

    GRAIN SIZE

    MA/CV (POWERS METHOD)

    CALCIUM OXIDE
    HYDRATED LIME

    SALT
    INDUSTRIAL SALT

    CAUSTIC SODA
    FLAKES
    PELLETS

    QUALITATIVE TEST FOR PRESENCE O LEAD

    FIRST EXPRESSED JUICE - Juice expressed by the 1st two rollers of the tandem also called
    crusher juice

    MIXED JUICE - The mixture of primary and secondary juices sent from the mills and / or
    diffuser to the boiling house.

    LAST MILL - The combined juice expressed by the last mill of the tandem.

    MACERATION - The process in which bagasses is steeped in an excess of water of light juice,
    generally at a high temperature. It is used loosely as an alternative to imbibition.

    MAGMA - A mechanical mixture of sugar crystals and liquor (syrup, sometimes clarified juice
    or high-grade molasses), used as seed or footing in boiling massecuites.

    MASSECUITE - The mixture of sugar crystals and mother liquor, crystallization having occured
    in the mixture.

    SEED- The magma or fine grained massecuite used as a footing for boiling massecuite.

    T.S.I. Total sugar as invert-The sucrose and the reducing sugars, all expressed as invert sugars.
    = Sucrose x 1.0526 + R.S.
    = Sucrose + R.S.
    0.95

    FLOC - The fluffy precipitate or suspension formed in sugar solution by the action of lime
    and or heat, or flocculants in the clarification process.

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