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    What is the boiling point and melting point of cooking oil?

    Question #120444. Asked by cricketers. (Feb 22 11 9:17 PM)


    great2beme

    		These are "smoke points".

    Safflower - 510 F (266 C)
    Soybean - 495 F (257 C)
    Corn - 475 F (246 C)
    Peanut - 440 F (227 C)
    Sesame - 420 F (216 C)
    Olive - 375 F (191 C)
    (from http://wywahoos.org/wahoos/cookbook/tools.htm)
    The exact temperatures will also depend on how pure the oil is.

    The boiling point estimates that I've found are pretty sketchy, but a fair estimate for soybean oil (most cheap cooking oil is soybean oil) is about 300 C (or 572 F).

    http://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=1428

    Feb 22 11, 9:39 PM
    looney_tunes

    		Melting points are similarly hard to quantify, as most cooking oils are not 100% pure chemicals, and many are not even a single type of oil.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_oil


    Feb 23 11, 2:20 AM

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