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Table 1. Relevant physical properties estimated for epi-isozizaene, prespatane, saturated epi-isozizaene, and saturated prespatane. Methodologies for arriving at these predictions are described in SI

From: Conversion of poplar biomass into high-energy density tricyclic sesquiterpene jet fuel blendstocks

 

Epi-isozizaene

Prespatane

Saturated epi-isozizaene

Saturated prespatane

ASTM specification

Median Jet A values*

Liquid density (kg/m3)

1000

900

963

966

775–840

810

Boiling point (°C)

273.81

255.58

257.71

261.18

≤300

274.64

Melting point (°C)

− 1.92

1.88

25.79

10

<− 40

− 49.43

Viscosity (mm2/s @ − 20 °C)

3.04

4.05

3.17

3.93

<8

4.59

Viscosity (mm2/s @ − 40 °C)

5.02

7.09

5.28

6.84

<12

–

Energy density (MJ/L)

39.25

41.42

40.69

41.46

–

34.9

Specific energy (MJ/kg)

42.58

43.06

42.72

43.27

>42.8

43.2

  1. *Volume weighted