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Published in final edited form as: Bioenergy Res. 2019 Mar 8;12:409–418. doi: 10.1007/s12155-019-09966-9

Table 3.

Theoretical biodiesel properties of nano-treated Fremyella diplosiphon wild type (Fd33) and halotolerant (HSF33–2) strains transesterified lipids.

Biodiesel Properties	WC^a	W200	HC	H200
Saponification Value (mg KOH/g fat)	213.783	211.617	213.693	212.903
Iodine Value (g I₂/100g)	37.590	36.500	37.116	30.240
Cetane number	63.373	63.879	63.490	65.132
Cold Filter Plugging Point (°C)	2.156	4.859	3.872	6.888
Cloud Point (°C)	24.066	26.300	24.805	28.739
Pour Point (°C)	19.304	21.729	20.106	24.377
Kinematic Viscosity (mm²/s)	3.772	3.867	3.778	3.856
Density (g/cm³)	0.870	0.870	0.870	0.869

Treatments are as follows: Fd33 in the absence of AuNPs (WC) and in solution with 200 nm AuNPs (W200); HSF33–2 in the absence of AuNPs (HC) and in solution with 200 nm AuNPs (H200).