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Comparison Catalyst Biodiesel
Comparison Catalyst Biodiesel
). For
the potassium and sodium hydroxide, dissolving the
catalyst in methanol produces the methoxide anion:
OH
CH
3
OH !CH
3
O
H
2
O
Thus, the quantity of the methoxide anion obtained
depends on the hydroxide ion amount and the alkali
dissociation constant. As sodium and potassium hy-
droxides are strong bases, their dissociation constants
are very high. In this sense, the methoxide ion amount
only depends on the catalyst concentration. The sodium
and potassium catalyst concentrations were the same,
but as sodium hydroxide has a lower molecular weight,
the amount of hydroxide ion needed to produce the
methoxide anion was higher. This situation explains the
faster reaction rate of the transesterication using so-
dium hydroxide.
Regarding the sodium and potassium methoxides,
their dissociation in methanol produces the necessary
methoxide anion to begin the reaction:
CH
3
ONa !CH
3
O
Na
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