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Stearin - What does it mean?

stearin | |

stearin

English

(wikipedia stearin)

Alternative forms

* stearine

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Solid fat.
  • (organic compound) The triglyceride of stearic acid.
  • * 1860 , Oil'', entry in ''The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge , Volumes 16: Murillo—Organ, page 415,
    • When exposed to the temperature of 32°, it[whale oil] deposits stearin', and the oil separated from the ' stearin by filtration is soluble in 0.82 of pure alcohol when heated to about 168° Fahr.
  • * 1997 , Ralph E. Timms, 8: Fractionation'', Frank D. Gunstone, Fred B. Padley (editors), ''Lipid Technologies and Applications , page 217,
    • Palmkernel (PK) oil is fractionated in one step to concentrate the triglycerides containing medium-chain fatty acids (lauric and myristic) into a stearin fraction.
  • * 2008 , Matthew Stein, When Technology Fails , page 411,
    • Stearin is a hard, nongreasy substance, an ester of stearic acid, that is mixed with molten tallow at about a 1:9 ratio to make a tallow candle that is harder, burns longer, and does not give off the usual smoke and unpleasant odors of ordinary tallow.

    See also

    * olein

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

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