Thermal properties of centrifuged oils measured by alternative photothermal techniques.

In this work, thermal characterization of centrifuged aromatic citrus oils was studied using thermal lens (TL) and open photoacoustic cell (OPC). The thermal diffusivity ( D ) was obtained by TL, fitting the critical time parameter of the experimental curves to the theoretical values. An experimental arrangement of non-matched mode lasers with a probe and an excitation lasers was used. On the other hand, the thermal effusivity ( e ) of the samples was obtained by using OPC. The thermal conductivity ( k ) was calculated from the relationship between D and e . The thermal parameters obtained were compared with theoretical values ​​in the literature. UV–vis spectroscopy, Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and 1 H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) were used to determine the absorption coefficients and chemical structure of the citrus oils. The importance of this research work was the determination of the thermal parameters of essential oils as an alternative technique for quality control application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]