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. 2021 Mar 24;11(20):12058–12065. doi: 10.1039/d1ra00955a

The fat volume (%) and refractive index, n, for some commercial milk samples.

Fat volume (%) n (this work) n (published work) Difference Ref.
0 1.345208938 1.3469 −0.0016926 10
0.05 1.346002802 1.349 −0.0029986 9
0.4 1.347454325 1.34846 −0.0010069 8
1.5 1.349557112 1.3483 0.0012563 10
1.6 1.349699713 1.35012 −0.0004211 8
3.3 1.351658322 1.35123 0.0004278 8
3.5 1.351850883 1.3525 −0.0006496 10
4.3 1.352570932 1.347 0.00055706 9
5.2 1.353304797 1.3468 0.0065046 11
6.6 1.354329744 1.346 0.0083297 9
10 1.356435874 1.35692 −0.0004838 8
8.1 1.355313181 1.3563 −0.0009867 11
33.3 1.365696174 1.36541 0.0002880 8