stearin

IPA: stˈɪrɪn

Examples of "stearin" in Sentences

Earlier, similar properties had been found in stearin.
Tallow (stearin) is a beef fat that is a common component of most soaps.
Colouring can be added (mineral oxides) or water-repellents (2% calcium stearin).
Grease a mold or ovenproof dish with paraffin or stearin and bake for 21/2 hours.
Elastic or "india rubber," stearin, gums, vanilla, etc., made up an interesting exhibition of native products.
An oil is produced by pressing the white kernel of the nut which is used for cooking when fresh, and by pressure affords stearin, which is made into candles, the liquid being used for lamps.
All fats can be separated into glycerol and a fatty acid, glycerol or glycerine being common constituents, while each fat yields its own characteristic acid, as stearin, stearic acid; palmitin, palmitic acid; and olein, oleic acid.
Harding would only have had at his disposal sulphuric acid, but by heating this acid with the neutral fatty bodies he could separate the glycerine; then from this new combination, he easily separated the olein, the margarin, and the stearin, by employing boiling water.