Density and viscosity of vegetable oils

A generalized method was developed to estimate the liquid density of vegeta ble oils and fatty acids. The correlation for vegetable oils was based on f atty acid critical properties and composition of the oil. The correlations predicted the density of vegetable oils and fatty acids with an average abs olute deviation of 0.21 and 0.77%, respectively. The present method is slig htly more accurate in predicting vegetable oil density and simpler than the method of Halvorsen et al. Also, a method is introduced that predicts visc osity from density data, thus relating two key properties of vegetable oils . Paper no. J9043 in JAOCS 76, 1415-1419 (December 1999).