Edoh O.

Bleaching of atili (blackdate) oil for use as white oil

Atili (blackdate) oil was bleached in this research using three different adsorbents; acidic fuller’s earth, activated carbon, and the mixture of fuller’s earth and activated carbon. The adsorbents were compared to give the most suitable of the three. The bleaching process was carried out by agitation of varying amounts of the different adsorben...