Research Article
Methanolysis of Carica papaya Seed Oil for Production of Biodiesel
Table 1
Results of characterization of C. papaya seed oil.
| | Parameters | CPSO | LSOa,b |
| | Specific gravity | 0.926 | 0.924 | | Kinematic viscosity (m2s−1 at 313 K) | 27.4 | 27.2 | | Refractive index | 1.4501 | nd | | Saponification value (mg KOH/100 g oil) | 107.99 | 187.7 | | Iodine value (g-I/100 g oil) | 86.7 | 156.7 | | Unsaponifiable matter (%) | 1.1 | nd |
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CPSO: Carica papaya seed oil; LSO: linseed oil; nd: not determined; a,bDemirbas 2005 [18]; Demirbas 2009 [1].
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