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Table 6

Properties of various FAME biodiesel [67].

Properties Corn Neem Palm Sunflower Rapeseed Pine
Specific gravity 0.881 0.001 0.874 0.016 0.003 0.007
Cloud point, °C −2 3.3 5 4 −1 13
Flash point, °C 124 143 122 114 136 159
Cetane value 50.4 33.8 58.9 53.8 51.8 49.6
CFPP, °C 13 2 −1 6 8 −3
Kinematic viscosity, mm2/s 1.60 3.78 0.56 4.45 0.23 3.87
Pour point, °C 3 −6 4 2 10 3
Sulfur, ppm 1 3 8 4 6 5

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