Kinematic viscosity of fatty acid methyl esters: Prediction, calculated viscosity contribution of esters with unavailable data, and carbon-oxygen equivalents

► Kinematic viscosity data for fatty acid methyl esters, alkanes and dimethyl diesters. ► Calculated kinematic viscosity contribution for solids at 40 °C. ► Equation for predicting kinematic viscosity of fatty ester mixtures (biodiesel). ► Carbon-oxygen equivalents for comparing kinematic viscosity of classes of compounds.