Vegetable Oils For Biofuels
Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 20:49
in Mathematics & Economics
Vegetable oils can be chemically reacted with an alcohol (methanol is the usual choice) to produce chemical compounds known as esters. Biodiesel is the name given to these esters when they are intended for use as fuel. read more
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