Predicting the surface tension of biodiesel fuels from their fatty acid composition

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 317-323

  Allen, Cecil A W ^a   Watts, K Chris ^a   Ackman, Robert G ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; SURFACE TENSION; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIODIESEL FUELS; MASS-AVERAGE EQUATION;

DIESEL FUELS;

EID: 0032635691     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-999-0238-5     Document Type: Article

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