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Table 1 Fatty acid composition of several common vegetable oils (%)

From: Vegetable Oil-Based Nanolubricants in Machining: From Physicochemical Properties to Application

Fatty acids

Rapeseed oil

Corn oil

Soybean oil

Peanut oil

Olive oil

Castor oil

Linseed oil

C14:0

0.06

‒

0.06

0.03

‒

1

0.05

C16:0

3.75

10.34

9.90

9.40

10.84

2.63

4.81

C18:0

1.87

2.04

3.94

2.65

3.59

1.51

3.03

C20:0

0.64

0.44

0.41

1.38

0.50

‒

0.20

C22:0

0.35

0.31

0.48

3.14

0.15

‒

‒

Total saturated fatty acids

6.98

13.46

15.10

18.38

15.28

‒

8.15

C16:1

0.21

‒

0.08

0.06

0.02

‒

‒

C18:1

62.41

25.54

21.35

48.71

75.55

4.74

21.42

C18:1:OH

‒

‒

‒

‒

‒

82.80

-

C20:1

1.54

0.37

0.22

1.43

0.32

‒

0.40

C22:1

‒

‒

‒

0.12

‒

‒

‒

Total monounsaturated fatty acids

64.42

26.11

21.73

50.33

77.00

‒

22.04

C18:2

20.12

59.27

56.02

31.06

7.01

8.36

15.18

C18:3

8.37

1.07

7.15

0.23

0.66

‒

54.24

Total polyunsaturated fatty acids

28.60

60.43

63.17

31.29

7.72

‒

69.81