Effect of the Acid Treatment of Montmorillonite Clay in the Oleic Acid Esterification Reaction

Biodiesel is a fuel renewable, biodegradable and environmentally correct fuel, which can be obtained from the esterification reactions, transesterification and pyrolisis. Montmorillonite is a clay mineral of the smectite group and are of great interest for industrial processes such as catalysis and...

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Main Authors: Alexsandra Rodrigues do Nascimento, José Antônio Barros Leal Reis Alves, Marcus Antônio de Freitas Melo, Dulce Maria de Araújo Melo, Marcelo José Barros de Souza, Anne Michelle Garrido Pedrosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol) 2015-04-01
Series:Materials Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392015000200283&tlng=en