Kinematic Viscosity of Vegetable Oils at Different Temperatures
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Kinematic viscosity vs. temperature for each oil: dots are the
reported values, curves are MacCoull–Walther fits to them
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The sources for the data above are given in the far right hand
column of the table, and the full citations are at the bottom of the
page.
The smooth curves in the chart above are fits of the MacCoull–Walther
viscosity–temperature equation to each oil’s reported values. This
equation is described in ASTM D-341.
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