By the use of stearic acid it is a simple matter to reach the neutral point which can be carefully approximated.
Stearic acid is also formed by treating oleic acid with fuming hydriodic acid in the presence of phosphorus, while other solid acids are obtained by the action of sulphuric acid or zinc chloride on oleic acid.
The weight, less the amount ofstearic acid or beeswax added, multiplied by 20 gives the percentage of fatty acids.
Stearic acid, however, is a solvent for them, and accordingly when the candles are tinted with the coal-tar colours these are previously dissolved in the stearic acid, always mixed with the paraffin.
Stearic acid, prepared by the above process, contains combined water, from which it cannot be freed.
It now forms an important secondary product in the manufacture of stearic acid.
In 1874 a French patent was taken out for an improvement in the manufacture of stearic acid.
Prepared from palmitin (see next article), by saponification, as stearic acid is prepared from stearin.
Defn: A salt of stearic acid; as, ordinary soap consists largely of sodium or potassium stearates.
Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate.
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