Crab and Cockle Shells as Catalysts for the Preparation of Methyl Esters from Low Free Fatty Acid Chicken Fat

The use of waste oils/fats, as well as catalysts from waste materials, for producing biodiesel via transesterification have been of recent interest. As such, in the present work, the transesterification of chicken fat using crab and cockle shells as a catalyst was attempted. X-ray diffraction (XRD)...

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Main Authors: Boey, Peng-Lim, Maniam, Gaanty Pragas, Abd Hamid, Shafida, Ali, Dafaalla Mohamed Hag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Oil Chemists' Society Press 2010
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/5344/1/Gaanty%27s.pdf