QUANTIFICAÇÃO DO TEOR DE BIODIESEL DE CRAMBE EM MISTURAS COM DIESEL UTILIZANDO ESPECTROSCOPIA MIR E SELEÇÃO DE VARIÁVEIS

Mid-Infrared absorption spectroscopy associate with the Partial Least Squares regression is the official method to monitor Brazilian commercial diesel quality. This method, however, uses solvents and a large number of samples for the construction of the calibration curves, which generates waste and increases the time needed for the analysis. In order to develop a non-destructive method, being possible to recover the sample after its quantification, decrease the quantity of samples and make use of a single calibration curve, in this study we used the oilseed crambe, which is not used in human f...