S.No Properties Crude Farmed Salmon Oil (Atlantic) Crude Seal Oil Crude Cod Liver Oil Crude Wild Salmon Oil (Pacific) ASTM specification for Biodiesel
1 Odour Fresh oil odour, not fishy Fresh oil odour, not fishy Fresh oil odour, slightly fishy Fresh oil odour, slightly fishy ---
2 Smell Orange Pale yellow Pale yellow Pale orange ---
3 Specific gravity 0.921 0.923 0.924 0.922 ---
4 Water content (ppm) 325 689 179 312 < 500
5 Physical state at room temperature Clear liquid Clear liquid Clear liquid Cloudy liquid, small solid particles suspended in otherwise clear oil. ---
Table 1: Physical properties of four crude marine oils.