Word Meanings - STEARIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow; resembling tallow. Stearic acid , a monobasic fatty acid, obtained in the form of white crystalline scales, soluble in alcohol and ether. It melts to an oily liquid at 69°C.C18H36O2,

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Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow; resembling tallow. Stearic acid , a monobasic fatty acid, obtained in the form of white crystalline scales, soluble in alcohol and ether. It melts to an oily liquid at 69°C.C18H36O2, CH3. 16.COOH; sodium stearate, with sodium palmitate, is the main component of ordinary bar soaps .

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