Temperature-dependent kinematic viscosity of selected biodiesel fuels and blends with diesel fuel

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-199

  Yuan, Wenqiao ^a   Hansen, Alan C ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Tan, Zhongchao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Diesel fuel; Kinematic viscosity; Methyl esters

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; GRAVITATION; KINEMATICS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VEGETABLE OILS; VISCOSITY;

BIODIESEL; KINEMATIC VISCOSITY; METHYL ESTERS;

DIESEL FUELS;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 30344447946     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-005-5172-6     Document Type: Article

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