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SueBre

Post subject: Density of oils

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:13 am

Joined: Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:17 am
Posts: 168
Location: Western Australia

Can anyone help me with the comparitive density of vegetable oils? I have information re the following from thinnest to thickest:
jojoba
eve.primrose
rosehip
apricot kernel
sweet almond
soybean
avocado
wheatgerm
olive
coconut.
I would like to know where the following oils fit in - maize, macadamia, rice bran, grapeseed. Thanks in advance for any help.

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Kat2011

Post subject: Re: Density of oils

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:39 am

Joined: Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:22 pm
Posts: 210
Location: Alberta, Canada

HI SueBre,

If you have searched without luck, it might becasue you are using the wrong term."Density: is not what you are looking for.

Try searching for the term "specific gravity". That term means the ratio of the weight of a given volume of oil at 20C to the weight of an equal volume of water at 20C. So water has a specific gravity of 1.0, and you'll find oils listed in fractions higher or lower than that.

Happy Hunting!

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