REF : METHYL ESTERS EMAG 20L
20L Jerry Can
Vegetable Oil Methyl Esters (VOME) or Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) are fatty acid esters produced by transesterification of vegetable oils with methanol. The reaction by-product is glycerin. The main sources of vegetable oils are castor oil, rapeseed, soybean, and sunflower. They are considered bio-based alternatives to petroleum solvents (agro-solvents) with good solvent power (KB>65). The different grades of vegetable oil methyl esters differ in the chain length distribution of the fatty acids in the vegetable oils. They are fluid, oily, low-volatility products, not classified as hazardous, and readily biodegradable.
This grade of bio-based methyl esters is based on a majority of C18 fatty acids (methyl stearate, oleate, linoleate, ricinoleate>75%) and is derived from sustainable, non-GMO castor oil production.
Applications include:
- Biofuel
- Concrete release agent
- Solvent for agrochemical preparations
- Bio-based plasticizer for coatings and adhesives
- Sustainable alternative to mineral oils for numerous industrial applications
- Lubricant additive for metalworking (cutting/neat oils)
- Wetting agent in metalworking fluids
- Leather treatment agent
- Degreasing agent, tar remover
- Bitumen fluxing (flux agent, lowers bitumen working temperature)
- Printing (offset ink formulation agent)
Advantages:
- Used as a 95% bio-based, sustainable, and carbon-neutral fluid
- High solvent power (Kauri-Butanol index KB>65)
- Readily biodegradable
- High flash point, high boiling point
- Free of heavy metals and PAHs
- Good lubrication properties
- Sustainable alternative to mineral oils for numerous industrial applications
- HLB = approx. 11
- Not classified as hazardous
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