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Vegetable oil-based raw materials are
the most important renewable feedstock for chemical industries in
all the time.
A tremendous shift has been observed from petrochemical-based and
synthetic feedstock toward oleochemical-based products. That’s why
it has Become necessary to cultivate more oil crops containing fatty
acids with interesting and desired properties for their utilization
In chemical industries, simultaneously increasing the agricultural
biodiversity. Fatty acid dimers are a class of important
intermediates that are frequently used in various industrial
applications such as development of polyamides, polyurethanes,
polyesters, adhesives, lubricants, paints, and coatings. This paper
is focused on study of various methods used for the synthesis of
fatty acid dimers, and the effect of process parameters, namely,
temperature, pressure, catalyst concentration, and molecular
distillation of dimerized products along with their industrial
applications. |
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Key words: Oleochemical, Dimers, Dimerization, Molecular
Distillation, Biodiversity, Clay Catalysis |
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