Tuesday, December 22, 2009

What is the boiling and freezing point of sunflower oil?

In order to make oil cubes!What is the boiling and freezing point of sunflower oil?
Sunflower oil contains mainly linoleic acid which has a freezing point of -5掳C and a boiling point of 229-230掳C at a pressure of 16 mmHg





Of course, due to other stuff in sunflower oil such as oleic acid, stearic acid, and palmitic acid, you can expect a freezing point depression and a boiling point elevation. (Incidentally oleic acid, stearic acid, and palmitic acid all have freezing points higher than -5掳C). The actual freezing point is dependent on the percent composition of each component.





In short: the freezing point of sunflower oil should be lower than -5掳C.

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