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Stearic Acid
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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N-Octodecylic acid CH 3 (CH 2) 16 CO 2 H, an organic acid found as its glyceride stearin, mixed with palmitin and olefin, in most tallows (hence its name, from Gr. o-rap, tallow). The socalled "stearin" of candles is a mixture of stearic and palmitic acids (see Candle).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Stearic Acid'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/stearic-acid.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Stearic Acid'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/stearic-acid.html. 1910.
