Predicting the viscosity of biodiesel fuels based on the mixture topological index method

Fuel

Volumn 86, Issue 12-13, 2007, Pages 1849-1854

  Shu, Qing ^a   Yang, Bolun ^a   Yang, Jiming ^a   Qing, Song ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; FAME; Mixture topological index; Structure and property; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TOPOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER (FAME); HIND EQUATION; MIXTURE TOPOLOGICAL INDEX;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 34248643122     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2006.12.021     Document Type: Article

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