stearic acid

English

Ball-and-stick model of stearic acid: ${\displaystyle {\ce {CH3(CH2)16COOH}}}$.

Noun

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Wikipedia

stearic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) octadecanoic acid; the most common saturated fatty acid; it is found in all animal and most vegetable oils and fats; it is used in the manufacture of soap etc.

Synonyms

• E570 (when used as an anti-caking agent)
• octadecanoic acid (IUPAC name)

Coordinate terms

• stearate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)
• octadecanoate

Translations

fatty acid

Chinese: Cantonese: 硬脂酸 (ngaang6 zi1 syun1) Mandarin: 硬脂酸 (zh) (yìngzhīsuān) Czech: kyselina stearová f Finnish: steariinihappo, oktadekaanihappo French: acide stéarique (fr) m German: Stearinsäure (de) f Hungarian: sztearinsav (hu) Italian: acido stearico m Japanese: ステアリン酸 (ステアリンさん, sutearin-san), オクタデカン酸 (オクタデカンさん, okutadekan-san) Korean: 스테아르산 (seuteareusan) Persian: استئاریک اسید (este'ârik asid) Portuguese: ácido esteárico m Romanian: acid stearic (ro) m Russian: стеари́новая кислота́ (ru) f (stearínovaja kislotá), октадека́новая кислота́ f (oktadekánovaja kislotá) Spanish: ácido esteárico m Swedish: stearinsyra (sv) c