Explanatory notes
… with water, with a high boiling point, low vapour pressure and a viscosity similar to that of diesel oil … the fatty acids in oils or fats react with an alcohol (usually methanol or ethanol) in the presence of a catalyst … from vegetable oils (e.g., rapeseed, soya-bean, palm, sunflower, cotton-seed, jatropha), from animal fats (e.g., …