Glycerol and spent lye clarification - Illinois Institute of Technology
Glycerol and spent lye clarification - Illinois Institute of Technology
Glycerol and spent lye clarification - Illinois Institute of Technology
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glycerol in tallow to 13.5 f in cocoanut oil.<br />
In practice this percentage <strong>of</strong> glycerol is out<br />
down by the free fatty acids in the fat, each<br />
10 f <strong>of</strong> free fatty acids in the fats reducing<br />
the percentage <strong>of</strong> glycerol by about 10 ^.<br />
(Rogers.<br />
<strong>Glycerol</strong> has been subject to wide fluc-<br />
tuations in price; the "dynamite** grade<br />
selling at 10 cents per pound in 1908, 26<br />
cents per pound in 1911, <strong>and</strong> 18 cents per<br />
pound in 1915. The United States does not<br />
produce enough glycerol for its own use hence<br />
from 30 to 40 million pounds <strong>of</strong> foreign crude<br />
are imported annually.
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