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Table 1 Physical and chemical properties of crude rice bran oil

From: Performance and exhaust emission characteristics of variable compression ratio diesel engine fuelled with esters of crude rice bran oil

Properties

C14:0 Myristic acid (saturated),  %

0.34

C16:0 Palmitic acid (saturated),  %

19.5

C18:0 Stearic acid (saturated),  %

2.3

C18: 1 Oleic acid (monosaturated),  %

43

C18: 2 Linolic acid (polysaturated),  %

32

C18: 3 Linolenic acid (polysaturated),  %

1.6

C20 Arachidic acid (saturated),  %

0.7

C22 Higher fatty acids, %

0.6

FFA content, %

16

Density at 15 °C, kg/m3

920

Iodine value

96

Saponification value

187

Moisture, %

0.8

Oryzanol, %

2.0