By determining the changes of colours,peroxide value and smoke point of bleached cottonseed oil during bleaching,we′ve discovered that bleaching earth can remove peroxide from oil effectively under vacuum condition.With the increase of bleaching times,smoke point and peroxide value descend,yellow becomes light while blue and red turn slightly deeper during the third bleaching.Besides if the amount of bleaching earth used in the first bleaching is 3% of the oil a...