I recently made biodiesel and got it evaluated and these are the results:

Flashpoint (PM),Celsius 205
Kinematic viscosity at 40C, cSt 6.28
Sulfur Mass 0.02
Carbon residue, 100 sample, % mass
Copper strip corrosion, 3 hrs at 50C 1a
Cloud point, Celsius -2

Are these good results particularly the kinematic viscosity, since its pretty high when I’ve read that 6 is the limit for US standards, does this mean that this is bad and can be considered as unacceptable? Can you please evaluate my test results and provide explanation why its good or bad?
Carbon residue is 0.07

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And what kind of car would that be? How exactly could this fuel be used for driving? Are there any disadvantages and/or advantages for this fuel for a car?

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I’ve seen in magazines where people built their own refinery for making biodiesel. Anyone on here every actually done it? How hard is it to build and maintain? I have a diesel truck and access to all the used cooking oil I want from a local bakery… they only fry donuts in it so it’s VERY clean.

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The man is utter scum. Killing thousands of innocent people?

But the reason he can say it with ANY credibility at all is that the USA emits, on a per person basis, far more CO2 than any other country.

Which is actually a key on one excellent strategy for reducing global warming, one that would also make a significant difference in fighting terrorists. The USA could develop advanced technology to use energy more efficiently. It’s a powerful strategy that could be deployed relatively rapidly.

And, as a fringe benefit, the technology would be copied by other countries, lower the price of oil, and help keep petrodictators from funding terrorists. One veteran of the Iraq war came home and started a biodiesel company, because he was distressed that automobile drivers were basically paying for the bombs that killed his buddies.
"the Number One wanted man in the entire (Western) world can speak credibly because what he is saying is correct (about AGW)? Do I have that right?"

No, you don’t have it right. He’s not credible about anything. But neither is global warming science less credible because he (or anyone) supports it. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

He’s using the credibility of global warming to attack the USA. And at the same time illuminating a clear way to reduce the effectiveness of terrorism, by reducing the use of oil.

And, by the way, oil is a world market, with a world price. When the USA buys oil from Canada, it supports the high price, and puts more money in the hands of the Ayatollahs. That’s not a good thing.

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I was wondering how much it would cost for ALL of the supplies i would need to convert a vehicle to biodiesel. and possibly what all the supplies i need are. and is biodiesel really worth it?

Ok, I know what diesel is but is biodiesel a more environmental form of the fuel or just sounds like it? We have a new company moving into our town which will be producing this as well as a lot of jobs.
Thanks, I know where my next resume is going

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The simplest process and procedures for making biodiesel

biodiesel makes use of plants ability to fix atmoshpere carbon by photosynthesis. Many companies and individuals are now using biodiesel as a fuel in order to reduce thir carbon footprint. Biodiesel can by synthesized from from vegetable oil according to the following reaction.

C6H5O6R3(vegetable oil)+ 3CH3OH(methanol)—> C3H5(OH)3(glycerol)+CH3OCOR(biodiesel)

a) a student reacted a pure sample of vegetable oil ( where R= C17H33) with methanol.
the raw data for the reaction is below.
mass of oil=1010.0 g
mass of methanol=200.0 g
mass of sodium hydrozide=3.5 g
mass of biodiesel produced=811.0 g

the relative molecular mass of the oil used by the student is 885.5. calculate the amount in moles of the oil and the methanol used, and hence the amnount in moles of the excess methanol used.

b) calculate the percentage yield of biodiesel obtained in this process.

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