Oils and Fats as Raw Materials for Industry
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Divya Bajpai Tripathy, Anjali Gupta, Pooja Agarwal, Anuradha Mishra, Arvind Kumar Jain
ISBNS: B0CRMGKSG2, 1119910412, 9781119910411, 978-1119910411
English | 2024 | PDF | 398 Pages
This new volume emphasizes the sources, structure, chemistry,
treatment, modification, and potential applications for oils and fats as
raw materials in industry.
Oils and fats can be used as raw
materials in many industries including food and agriculture, as
surfactants in laundry detergents and cosmetics, as well as in
pharmaceuticals. Moreover, unsaturated vegetable oils are also suitable
to form epoxides and hence, are important in the manufacturing of paints
and adhesives. Limited sources of petrochemicals and their harmful
effects on health and the environment also promote the use of naturally
occurring oils and fats as biodiesel after some chemical modification.
Moreover, a vast variety of nonedible oils that can be obtained from
easily cultivable plant species are receiving great interest from
researchers because they not only yield cost-effective products but are
also proven as a substrate to promote sustainable research.
In
this book, the editors will cover all possible industrial applications
of the products that are formed using edible and non-edible vegetable
oils. Vegetable oils are not a new research area, although they are
considered an evergreen or long-lasting topic as most of the research in
synthetic chemistry has been carried out on vegetable oils.
