The main components of biodiesel are fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) or fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs). N-hexadecane is commonly used as a reference molecule for modeling diesel fuel thermodynamics properties. In this paper, densities and dynamic viscosities of binary mixtures of n-hexadecane with three fatty acid methyl esters (methyl caprate, methyl laurate, and methyl myristate) were measured at atmospheric pressure from 298.15 to 323.15K over the entire composition range. Excess molar volumes and viscosity deviations of the mixtures were calculated from the experimental data and correlated using the Redlich–Kister equation.
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