Viscosities of vegetable oils and fatty acids

Item Type Journal Article
Author H. Noureddini
Author B. Teoh
Author L. Davis Clements
URL http://dx.doi.org.proxy.uchicago.edu/10.1007/BF02637678
Volume 69
Issue 12
Pages 1189-1191
Publication Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society
Date December 01, 1992
DOI 10.1007/BF02637678
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Abstract Abstract Data for viscosity as a function of temperature from 24 to 110C (75 to 230F) have been measured for a number of vegetable oils (crambe, rapeseed, corn, soybean, milk-weed, coconut, lesquerella) and eight fatty acids in the range from C9 to C22. The viscosity measurements were performed according to ASTM test methods D 445 and D 446. Several correlations were fitted to the experimental data. Correlation constants for the best fit are presented. The range of temperature in which the correlations are valid is from 24C (75F), or the melting point of the substance, to 110C (230F). The correlation constants are valuable for designing or evaluating such chemical process equipment as heat exchangers, reactors, distillation columns, mixing vessels and process piping.
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