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biodiesel

diesel fuel made of transesterified biologically-produced oils
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Summary

biodiesel ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,020 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: diesel fuel[2], biofuel[3]
  • Commons category: Biodiesel[4]
  • Said to be the same as: hydrotreated vegetable oil[5]
  • Has part(s): fatty acid ester[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Biodiesel[7]
  • Commons gallery: Biodiesel[8]
  • Has characteristic: hygroscopy[9]
  • Fabrication method: transesterification[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Climate change[11]

Why It Matters

biodiesel has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] biodiesel is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['2nAFAF', '2vmAqS']
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0204746-bionafta
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0204746-bionafta, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → diesel fuel, biofuel
    Has part(s) → fatty acid ester
    Has characteristic → hygroscopy
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 25073, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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