Paper: Determination of Biodiesel Quality by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES).

Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 11:00 AM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 372C

Solomon Kariuki¹, Hailin Zhang², Jackie L. Schroder³ and Nurhan Dunford³, (1)Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
(2)368 Agriculture Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
(3)Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Consumption, reduction and improvement on the quality of diesel oil have recently been of great interest to the scientific community. This study was conducted to determine the purity of biodiesel from different raw materials. Eight different samples of oil, fat, and biodiesel were analyzed and statistically compared for sodium, calcium, phosphorus, and sulfur content. Preliminary results indicated no source-based biodiesel metal concentration. Further analysis is in progress.

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623-10 Determination of Biodiesel Quality by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES).