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. 2021 Jul 15;11:14561. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-93194-9

Table 4.

Kinetic Parameters of the Degradation of Folic Acid and Iodine in DFS* and TFS.

Salt samples Zero order First order
k (g/ml. month-) Activation Energy
(kJ/mole)
k (10–2 month-) Activation energy (kJ/mole)
25 °C 35 °C 45 °C 25 °C 35 °C 45 °C
Folic acid
C 1.8 ± 0.1 2.1 ± 0.1 2.6 ± 0.1 14.1 ± 0.7 2.0 ± 0.1 2.3 ± 0.1 3.2 ± 0.1 14.1 ± 0.7
D 2.7 ± 0.2 3.1 ± 0.1 3.7 ± 0.2 12.8 ± 0.6 3.2 ± 0.2 3.9 ± 0.1 4.6 ± 0.2 15.7 ± 0.7
CA 2.0 ± 0.1 3.0 ± 0.2 3.7 ± 0.1 27.6 ± 1.1 1.9 ± 0.1 3.2 ± 0.2 4.1 ± 0.1 30.1 ± 1.2
DA 2.3 ± 0.1 2.8 ± 0.2 3.4 ± 0.2 16.2 ± 0.9 2.8 ± 0.1 3.6 ± 0.3 4.6 ± 0.2 19.7 ± 1.1
Iodine
C 0.8 ± 0 1.2 ± 0 1.6 ± 0 28.5 ± 0.8 0.8 ± 0 1.2 ± 0 1.9 ± 0.1 33.5 ± 0.8
D 1.4 ± 0 1.7 ± 0 2.3 ± 0.1 20.3 ± 0.5 1.4 ± 0 1.8 ± 0 2.4 ± 0.1 21.3 ± 0.5
CA 1.0 ± 0 1.5 ± 0.1 2.0 ± 0.1 26.4 ± 1.0 1.1 ± 0 1.8 ± 0.1 2.2 ± 0.1 26.3 ± 1.0
DA 1.0 ± 0 1.2 ± 0 1.5 ± 0 15.4 ± 0.4 1.1 ± 0 1.3 ± 0 1.9 ± 0.1 16.4 ± 0.4

The C and D salt (DFS*) are fortified by spraying folic acid and iodine solution on salt. They differ in folic acid concentration; the C salt had 12.5 ppm of folic acid + 50 ppm iodine, while the D salt had 25 ppm folic acid + 50 ppm iodine. The CA and DA salt samples had iron at 1000 ppm and their corresponding concentration of folic acid and iodine concentrations.