Fatty acid derivatives, technically important

Technically important Fatty Acid Derivatives. Nitrogen-containing lipids such as primary, secondary and tertiary amines, quaternary ammonium bases, amides and nitriles, all of which find many varied applications in the plastic and textile industries, can be separated into classes on silica gel G by using ammonia-containing solvents (see Table 68) [19, 121, 162]. The first four solvents in Table 68 have been used in succession in the stepwise development technique (see p. 87) for analysing complex mixtures [121]. 

Table 68. Solvents for separation of technically important fatty acid derivatives on...

It is used almost exclusively for soap making and nutrition, e.g., for margarine in Brazil internally. Technical use, e.g., as babassu oil fatty acid and derivatives, as well as exports are of minor importance. The aimual production was 160000 mt (1980) and is declining. 

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