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. 2020 Oct 30;8:599560. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.599560

TABLE 2.

Properties of potential isoprenoid derived biojet fuels.

Fuel Property
Energy density (MJ/kg) Freezing point (°C) Flash point (°C) Viscosity (mm2/s) Specific gravity References
Farnesene ∼44 −90 95+ 14.28 (−20°C) 0.81 Chuck and Donnelly (2014)
Farnesane 43.39 < −100 96 2.35 (40°C) 0.77 Soriano et al. (2017); Pires et al. (2018)
Bisabolane 43.76 < −81 111 2.91 0.82 Peralta-Yahya et al. (2011),Baral et al. (2019)
Limonene 45 −74 50 ∼2.5 (−20°C) ∼0.87 Chuck and Donnelly (2014)
p-Menthane 43.41 < −70 43 0.804 Ryder (2009); Baral et al. (2019)
Epi-isozizaane 42.584 0.929 Liu et al. (2018)
pentalenane 42.609 Liu et al. (2018)
α-isocomane 42.783 Liu et al. (2018)
Hydrogenated cedarwood oil 42.67 < −80 54 (−20°C) 0.917 Harrison and Harvey (2017)
AMJ-700 < −71 50 <10 (−20°C) 0.796 Ryder (2009)
RJ-4 42.45 −46 78 0.94 Osmont et al. (2006); Martel (1987)
α-pinane 43.14 −53 40 11.23 (−40°C) 0.86 Woodroffe and Harvey (2020)
Sabinane 43.25 4.809 (−40°C) 0.810 Woodroffe and Harvey (2020)
Camphene dimer 42.063 −54 34.96 (40°C) 0.941 Meylemans et al. (2012)
α-pinene dimer 42.047 −52 34.68 (40°C) 0.935 Meylemans et al. (2012)
β-pinene dimer 42.118 35.05 (40°C) 0.938 Meylemans et al. (2012)
Limonene dimer 41.906 −78 25.86 (40°C) 0.914 Meylemans et al. (2012)