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Stearic acid   /stˈɪrɪk ˈæsəd/   Listen
Stearic acid

noun
1.
A waxy saturated fatty acid; occurs widely as a glyceride in animal and vegetable fats.  Synonym: octadecanoic acid.





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... cocoa-nut fatty acids (capric, caproic and caprylic acids) are by far the most easily hydrolysed, those of oleic acid and the fatty acids from cotton-seed oil being dissociated more readily than those of stearic acid and tallow fatty acids. The decomposition increases with the ...
— The Handbook of Soap Manufacture • W. H. Simmons


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