Research Article

Oxidation, Thermal, and Storage Stability Studies of Jatropha Curcas Biodiesel

Table 8

Correlation developed for thermal stability for different metal contaminants.

S. no.MetalCorrelationsRegression coefficient

1 Fe I n s = 2 . 9 7 5 ( 𝑀 ) 0 . 1 8 1 7 ( 𝐴 ) 0 . 3 1 5 6 0.92
𝐸 𝑎 = 8 . 2 3 ( 𝑀 ) 0 . 2 2 3 9 ( 𝐴 ) 0 . 3 2 7 9 0.92

2 Ni I n s = 3 . 5 3 4 ( 𝑀 ) 0 . 2 1 2 2 ( 𝐴 ) 0 . 3 2 7 7 0.93
𝐸 𝑎 = 2 . 9 7 5 ( 𝑀 ) 0 . 3 3 1 3 ( 𝐴 ) 0 . 4 8 4 0 0.85

3 Mn I n s = 3 . 5 8 6 ( 𝑀 ) 0 . 2 1 2 4 ( 𝐴 ) 0 . 3 2 3 7 0.92
𝐸 𝑎 = 2 . 0 2 2 ( 𝑀 ) 0 . 3 7 9 6 ( 𝐴 ) 0 . 5 4 1 9 0.85

4 Co I n s = 3 . 7 5 1 ( 𝑀 ) 0 . 2 4 1 8 ( 𝐴 ) 0 . 3 1 6 4 0.95
𝐸 𝑎 = 0 . 4 9 9 ( 𝑀 ) 0 . 5 4 7 4 ( 𝐴 ) 0 . 7 6 2 5 0.77

5 Cu I n s = 4 . 9 7 6 ( 𝑀 ) 0 . 2 0 0 3 ( 𝐴 ) 0 . 3 5 1 1 0.90
𝐸 𝑎 = 0 . 0 3 9 5 ( 𝑀 ) 0 . 8 4 3 2 ( 𝐴 ) 1 . 1 6 4 5 0.74