Journal of Catalysts
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 326575, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/326575
Research Article
Environmentally Benign Neem Biodiesel Synthesis Using Nano-Zn-Mg-Al Hydrotalcite as Solid Base Catalysts
Department of Chemistry, Government Arts College (Autonomous), Kumbakonam, Tamilnadu 612001, India
Received 5 December 2013; Revised 30 June 2014; Accepted 20 July 2014; Published 21 August 2014
Academic Editor: Vivek Srivastava
Copyright © 2014 Karthikeyan Chelladurai and Manivannan Rajamanickam. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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