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Biodiesel

4 February 2009
David McCarthy
Aron Zharadka and Kevin Kim claimed a Brentwood first by making their own biodiesel from canola oil and simple organic chemicals. They had to do some high-powered chemical calculations to work out the expected amount of fuel and were both well pleased by the result, almost 100% yield. Their next step is to make another batch using filtered, used vegetable oil and to try both samples in a diesel engine for comparison. 

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