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Table II 

 Percentage Composition of Washed Maple Sugar Sand 



Minor mineral constituents 

 FeaOs, MnO, MgO, P2O5, and 

 CO2 



Extraneous organic matter 



Invert sugar 



Cane sugar 



Ether-soluble matter 



Moisture lost at 100° 



Calcium malate — -from malic 

 acid determination 



(Excess over calculation from Ca 



Silica 



Undetermined ^ 



1-87 



0-21 



79-67 

 3-45 

 6-16 



12-09 



2-37 



0-69 



68-91 

 1-88 



18-55 

 9-48 



2-77 



0-69 



69-87 



-2-01 



13-74 



12-93 



3-29 



0-57 



65-73 

 -5-55 

 15-03 

 15-38 



2-27 



0-17 



75-25 



0-42 



10-65 



11-66 



1-17' 



0-11 



66-56 



-1-72 

 13-82 

 18-34^ 



1-13 

 2-35 

 2-31 

 3-46 

 0-37 

 2-602 



.67-08 



-6-61) 



7-74 



12-96 



2H2O per mol CaC4H406 16-68 14-43 14-63 13-76 15-75 13-93 14-04 



'MnO determination lost. 

 2Lost at 100-110°. 



siOO-sum ot determined items using the percentage of calcium malate calculated Jrom the 

 malic acid determination. 

 ••Including MnO. 



Table III 



Analytical Values in Genuine Maple Syrups and Sugars 



