As early as 1854 Knop proposed the use of potassium bromate and hyclrobromic acid for the determination of Iodine values and lately again Tolle (J. Pharm. Chem, 1905, 31, 111 and 183) and Mossier (Ph^n. Zeit., 1907) have proposed the use of Bromine from one source or another for the determination of the degree of unsaturation of fats. Mossier uses a mixture of potassium bromate and bromide acid...