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Direct linkAkers, Stephen M.; Conkle, Jeremy L.; Thomas, Stephanie N.; Rider, Keith B. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2006
Biodiesel was synthesized by transesterification of waste vegetable oil using common glassware and reagents, and characterized by measuring heat of combustion, cloud point, density and measuring the heat of combustion and density together allows the student the energy density of the fuel. Analyzing the biodiesel can serve as a challenging and…
Descriptors: Fuels, Chemistry, Scientific Methodology, Heat
