Table 2 Rate constant for epoxidation of palm stearin at optimized process parameters.

From: Catalytic epoxidation of unsaturated fatty acids in palm stearin via in situ peracetic acids mechanism

Reaction rate constant

Value (mol/Lmin)

\(\:{k}_{11}\)

0.01

\(\:{k}_{12}\)

1.85

\(\:{k}_{2}\)

29.90

\(\:{k}_{3}\)

0.03

Correlation coefficient, \(\:r\) = 0.90