>Is there a chemist amongst our ranks that can that can quantify % and >molar, how much glycerin is in 1 liter of soybean oil? tallow? canola? >Fish? (all virgin)Seems like spend time pondering questions like this of >late. Any one know? > >Jim
Hello Jim "The rule of thumb is 79 millilitres of glycerine for every litre of oil used (7.9%)." -- How much glycerine? Why isn't it solid? Make your own biodiesel - page 2: Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#howmuchglyc More information here: How much methanol? http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_meth.html HTH. Best Keith _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
