The chemistry of castor oil and its derivatives

NLGI Spokesman (National Lubricating Grease Institute)

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-23

  Hurd, Phillip W ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a Union Camp Corporation   (United States)

^b Atlantic Christian College   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^f Oleochemicals Group

^g AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^h American Chemical Society ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTOR OIL; HYDROGENATED CASTOR; HYDROXYL GROUP; KINEMATIC VISCOSITY; SEBACIC ACID;

CHEMISTRY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DERIVATIVES; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROGENATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LITHIUM; LUBRICATING GREASES; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS; VISCOSITY;

OILS AND FATS;

EID: 0030127187     PISSN: 00276782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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