title: A low cost instrumentation system to analyze different types of milk adulteration.
abstract: In this paper, the design of a complete instrumentation system to detect different types of milk adulteration has been reported. A simple to use indicator type readout device is reported which can be used by milk community people. A low cost microcontroller based automatic sensing system is also reported to detect 'synthetic milk', which has been reconstructed after adulterating the milk with 'liquid-whey'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Instrumentation Engineering, RAIT, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, India. Electronic address: siulidas2@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Siuli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of ECE, Polytechnic College, Pillaripattu, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Mulinti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sivaramakrishna
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India.
authors.forename: Karabi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.affiliation: Department of Instrumentation and Electronics Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Bhaswati
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goswami
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003217:Conductometry / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis* / Q000191:economics; D007194:India; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000191:economics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014508:Urea / Q000032:analysis*; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D014508:Urea
keywords: Instrumentation system; Liquid-whey; Milk adulteration; PMMA-film; Synthetic milk