Synthesis and Characterization of Biofuels
2012-11-27 · Figure 4: Our combustion apparatus. 3 Methods 3.1 Biodiesel 3.1.1 Synthesis We began our biodiesel synthesis by warming about 20 mL of waste cooking oil to about 50 C, whereupon we added 5 mL of 0.4 M NaOH in a methanol solution to act as an alcohol reagent.