Improvement of Physicochemical Characteristics of Monoepoxide Linoleic Acid Ring Opening for Biolubricant Base Oil

Table 8

Physicochemical properties of MEOA and HYOOA.

Properties	MEOA^a	HYOOA^b	HYBODA^c
Pour point (°C)	−41	−51	−43
Flash point (°C)	128	251	232
Viscosity index	130.8	153	123
Oxidative stability, OT (°C)	168	180.94	65

Notes: Monoepoxide linoleic acid (a); 9(12)-hydroxy-10(13)-oleioxy-12(9)-octadecanoic acid (b); 9-hydroxy-10-behenoxyoctadecanoic acid [6] (c).