Crossword-Solution: STEARATES
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Esters of fatty acids | 1 answer |
| Stearic acid salts. | 1 answer |
| Chemical salts. | 7 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or
grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous
silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular
variety.
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Sentences with STEARATES (3)
The presence of too great a quantity of stearates is apt to result in a very soft film, and the use of hard driers, such as the metallic tungates, is therefore advisable with menhaden oil.
Soap baths may also be used, by which aluminic, ferric, or chromic stearates and oleates are formed, possessing considerable toughness and resistance to water.
The “hardness” of natural waters is mostly due to the salts of lime and magnesia which they contain, which precipitate soap in the form of insoluble stearates and oleates, which are useless for washing.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1944–1985).