Study on physicochemical properties of vegetable oils and their blends use as possible ecological lubricant


ABSTRACT:

Vegetable oils due to high biodegrability, low toxicity, renewability and excellent lubricating performance, have immense potential to replace petroleum oils as feedstock for lubricants. In these study vegetable oils like soybean oil, castor oil, groundnut oil, and cottonseed oil was purchased from local super market. The physicochemical properties like viscosity, acid value, saponification value, iodine value of four different vegetable oils and there blends in 10:90 to 90:10 proportion were studied. From this study, it was found that viscosity of pure vegetable oils and there blends regularly decreased with increased in temperature and viscosity of soybean oil blends with castor oil found to be higher than other blenders. Also acid value of same blends found to be lower than other blends. Higher viscosity and lower acid value of castor oil blends in soybean oil suggest that these blends directly use an alternative lubricant for mineral oil based lubricants.

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