Stearin

//ˈstɪəɹɪn//

Synonyms for "stearin" (1 found)

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Catalan

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  • estearina noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

Chinese Cantonese

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  • 硬脂精 noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 硬脂精 noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

French

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  • stéarine noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

German

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  • Stearin noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

Italian

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  • stearina noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

Japanese

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  • ステアリン noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

Kazakh

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  • стеарин noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

Korean

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  • 스테아린 noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

Kyrgyz

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  • стеарин noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • stearin noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • stearin noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

Polish

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  • stearyna noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

Romanian

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  • stearină noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

Russian

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  • стеари́н noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

Spanish

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  • estearina noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

Swedish

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  • stearin noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

Ukrainian

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  • стеари́н noun (the triglyceride of stearic acid)

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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 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.

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Palmkernel (PK) oil is fractionated in one step to concentrate the triglycerides containing medium-chain fatty acids (lauric and myristic) into a stearin fraction.

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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.

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