In this experiment students complete four tasks: monitoring the production of biodiesel by a transesterification of a commercial oil; quantifying mixtures of biodiesel and petroleum-based diesel; using a Karl-Fisher titration to determine the impact of water on the quantification of biodiesel; and determining the figures of merit for several IR sampling platforms.
The full citation is here: Ault, A. P.; Pomeroy, R. J. Chem. Educ. 2012, 89, 243–247 and a link to the article is provided below (subscription to the journal required).
