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STEARIC ACID

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 860 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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STEARIC See also:

ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

ACID , n-Octodecylic See also:

ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid See also:

CH3(See also:

CH2)I6CO2H, an organic acid found as its glyceride stearin, mixed with palmitin and olein, in most tallows (hence its name, from Gr. cnsEap, See also:

TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

tallow) . The so-called " stearin " of candles is a mixture of stearic and palmitic acids (see See also:

CANDLE (Lat. candela, from candere, to glow)

CANDLE) .

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