This is a fat in liquid or semi-solid form, depending on the surrounding temperature, that contains 50% saturated fatty acids, 40% single unsaturated acids and 10% polyunsaturated fatty acids and that are equal to all vegetable oils containing insignificant levels of cholesterol.
The oil obtained is utilized as a primary material by refining companies, who use it fundamentally in the production of kitchen and table oils, margarines, butters, and soaps and is also used in the leather, steel and textile industries
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| Acidity as Palmitic acid |
3% |
| Maximum humidity impurity |
0,3% |
| DOBI |
>2,3% | |
Tests carried out by INDUPALMA
GENERIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRODUCT
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| Fusion Point °C |
34 |
40 |
| Density at 40/25 °C |
0,868 |
0,879 |
| Iodine Index |
50 |
58 |
| Insaponificable Material % |
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1,5 |
| Refraction Index at 40 °C |
1,449 |
1,455 |
| Saponification Índice |
195 |
205 |
| Calorific Power (Calories) |
88225 |
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| Spark point |
280 |
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| Absolute viscosity at 40C (cp) |
37,8 |
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| Absolute viscosity at 70C (cp) |
13,6 |
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| Cetano Index |
35 |
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Typical Composition of Glycerin
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| Tripalmita2,0 - 5.5 20 – 55 65 |
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| Dipalmito – Estearina |
1,0 – 3,5 |
10 – 35 |
63 |
| Dipalmito – Oleina. |
16,5 – 43 |
165 – 430 |
34,5 |
| Oleo – Palmito – Estearina |
11 – 15 |
110 – 150 |
31 |
| Palmito – Dioleina |
31 – 51 |
310 - 510 |
18 |
| Oleina and linoleina |
6 – 14 |
60 – 140 |
15 | |
GENERIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRODUCT
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| Laurico |
C 12:0 |
<0,4 |
| Miristico |
C14:0 |
0,5 – 2,0 |
| Palmitico |
C16:0 |
41 – 47 |
| Palmitoleico |
C16:1 |
<0,6 |
| Esteárico |
C18:0 |
3,5 – 6,0 |
| Oleico |
C18:1 |
36 – 44 |
| Linoleico |
C18:2 |
8 – 12 |
| Linolenico |
C18:3 |
<0,5 |
| Araquidico |
C20:0 |
<1,0 | |