on 5/7/05 9:00 AM, Pedro Ordonez at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


> This is a question I've had for a while now. If the purpose of making
> Biodiesel is to lower the viscosity of the oil, what would happen if we used
> just free fatty acids? Why won't that work?
> 
>


Have you checked the viscosity of FFA (take oleic acid as an example)?
The stuff I've made felt like about 28 centistokes :-) Thinner than oil
to be sure, but not thin enough.

-K

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