Process of treating fatty material
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1. THE METHOD WHICH COMPRISES REACTING FATTY GLYCERIDE STOCKS CONTAINING FREE FATTY ACIDS WITH A HIGH BOILING ALCOHOL IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ESTERIFICATION CATALYST AND AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE THE BOILING POINT OF WATER AT A REACTION PRESSURE, AND SAID ALCOHOL HAVING A BOILING POINT ABOVE SAID REACTION TEMPERATURE WHEREBY WATER IS REMOVED DURING THE REACTION WITHOUT TOO GREAT A PART OF THE HIGH BOILING ALCOHOL EVAPORATING AND SAID FREE FATTY ACIDS IN THE STOCK ARE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY ESTERIFIED, AND THEREAFTER SUBJECTING THE REACTION MIXTURE TO ALCOHOLYSIS BY REACTING WITH A LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL TO FORM LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS.
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1. THE METHOD WHICH COMPRISES REACTING FATTY GLYCERIDE STOCKS CONTAINING FREE FATTY ACIDS WITH A HIGH BOILING ALCOHOL IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ESTERIFICATION CATALYST AND AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE THE BOILING POINT OF WATER AT A REACTION PRESSURE, AND SAID ALCOHOL HAVING A BOILING POINT ABOVE SAID REACTION TEMPERATURE WHEREBY WATER IS REMOVED DURING THE REACTION WITHOUT TOO GREAT A PART OF THE HIGH BOILING ALCOHOL EVAPORATING AND SAID FREE FATTY ACIDS IN THE STOCK ARE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY ESTERIFIED, AND THEREAFTER SUBJECTING THE REACTION MIXTURE TO ALCOHOLYSIS BY REACTING WITH A LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL TO FORM LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS.
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