White or yellowish wax shape solid,with sightly beef tallow odor,dissolving in ethanol,ether,chloroform,carbon sulfide,carbon tetrachloride etc,solvents,insoluble in water.Relative density 0.84(69 degree)melting point 69.4degree.Commercial product stearic acid is the mixture of palmitic acid stearic acid.
Applications:
This product is made from net plam oil or the mixtures of plam oil and tallow,after asome processes of hydrogenation,high pressure hydrolysis,distillation etc,widely used in rubber,plastic,textile,precision casting,cosmetic and surfactant industries.
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