Palm Olein as Renewable Raw Materials for Industrial and Pharmaceutical Products Applications: Chemical Characterization and Physicochemical Properties Studies

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Physicochemical test</td><td align="center">Unit</td><td align="center">Value<sub>(exp.)</sub></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Iodine value</td><td align="center">
                  mg KOH/g oil</td><td align="center">61.7</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Acidity </td><td align="center">%</td><td align="center">3.01</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Saponification value </td><td align="center">mg KOH/g</td><td align="center">197.2</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Average molecular weight</td><td align="center">gmol<sup>−1</sup></td><td align="center">854.3</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Unsaponifiable matter</td><td align="center">%</td><td align="center">0.17</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Moisture content (Karl Fischer)</td><td align="center">%</td><td align="center">0.22</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Cloud point</td><td align="center">
                  °C</td><td align="center">7 (±1)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Pour point</td><td align="center">
                  °C</td><td align="center">5 (±2)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Flash point</td><td align="center">
                  °C</td><td align="center">&gt;320 (±5)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Fire point</td><td align="center">
                  °C</td><td align="center">&gt;320 (±5)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Oxidative stability (DSC)</td><td align="center">
                  °C</td><td align="center">179</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Kinematic viscosity (40°C)</td><td align="center">cSt</td><td align="center">45.9 </td></tr><tr><td align="left">Kinematic viscosity (100°C)</td><td align="center">cSt</td><td align="center">9.4</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Viscosity index</td><td align="center">n/a</td><td align="center">195</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Physicochemical properties of PO<sub>o</sub>.

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Table 3: Palm Olein as Renewable Raw Materials for Industrial and Pharmaceutical Products Applications: Chemical Characterization and Physicochemical Properties Studies 

Table 3 | Palm Olein as Renewable Raw Materials for Industrial and Pharmaceutical Products Applications: Chemical Characterization and Physicochemical Properties Studies 