stearic acid

English

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

Noun

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stearic acid

stearic acid (uncountable)

(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

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