Research Article

FAME Storage Time in an Optimized Natural Antioxidant Mixture

Table 2

Concentration of components present in B100 biodiesel determined by gas chromatography.

Peak Retention time/minComponentConcentration/% (m/m)

110.6Free glycerin0.01
2–623.0–26.0Methyl esters (C14 to C16)21.74
(21.18 is methyl palmitate)
7-827.6–28.4Mixture of methylic oleate, linoleate, stearate and linolineate73.34
(70.67 is methylic oleate and linoleate)
9–21>28.4–50.0High molar mass esters and partial acylglycerols3.07