Stearic acid characteristics

In safflower, a high stearic acid strain, similar to that found In soybeans, was identified within the world germplasm collection. As with the soya mutant the level of stearic acid formed was found to be conditioned by two alleles at a single locus, with low stearic acid content being almost completely dominant over the high stearic acid characteristic (Ladd and Knowles, 1971 Hammond and Fehr, 1984). In safflower it was found that the level of stearic acid produced was inherited independently of the oleic-linolelc acid desaturase system (Ladd and Knowles, 1971). Although the level of stearic found in the safflower strain is less than that in the high stearic soybean mutant, similar processes appear to be in operation. 

Cure Characteristics. Methods of natural rubber production and raw material properties vary from factory to factory and area to area. Consequentiy, the cure characteristics of natural mbber can vary, even within a particular grade. Factors such as maturation, method and pH of coagulation, preservatives, dry mbber content and viscosity-stabilizing agents, eg, hydroxylamine-neutral sulfate, influence the cure characteristics of natural mbber. Therefore the consistency of cure for different grades of mbber is determined from compounds mixed to the ACSl formulation (27). The ACSl formulation is as follows natural mbber, 100 stearic acid, 0.5 zinc oxide, 6.0 sulfur, 3.5 and 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT), 0.5. 

Carboxypolymethylene exhibits a stabilizing effect against separation and viscosity change of a cetyl alcohol-stearic acid-sodium lauryl sulfate system. Samples 1 and 2 are identical, except that the former contains carboxypolymethylene (adjusted to pH 7). Sample 1 shows no separation, while sample 2 shows 13% separation after 6 months. Figure 8 shows the viscosity characteristics of the above samples. The broken line represents the viscosities of sample 1 at different time intervals, and the unbroken line, the viscosities at the same time intervals for sample 2. Apparently the carboxypolymethylene prevents the agglomeration and precipitation of stearic acid, which would result in separation and loss of viscosity. 

In positive ion mode, the characteristic peaks representative of the binding media were fatty acids from lead soaps (of palmitic acid at m/z 461 463 and of stearic acid at m/z 489 491). Other peaks corresponding to mono- and diacylglycerol cations, protonated stearic acid or its acylium ions could be found in the spectra of the reference products but not in the paint sample. The spectrum of lead white egg tempera paint exhibits peaks of phosphocholine (m/z 184) and protonated ketocholesterol (m/z 401). These peaks were not found in the spectrum from the cross-section. In negative ion mode, the spectrum of the oil... 

The presence of characteristic peaks from palmitic and stearic acids is consistent with the hypothesis of the use of oil as binding media. The lack of any characteristic ions issued from egg tempera means that ToF-SIMS does not allow detection of egg tempera in this sample. However, it could be present but is not detected due to high degradation occurring in very old egg tempera. The presence of short chain fatty acids, which are not detected in the new reference sample, is attributed to oil ageing. The distribution of fatty acid ions in the cross-section is well correlated with the distribution of lead. The ions are not detected in the ground layer (Figure 15.9). 

In the method, a weighed portion of a sample of coke dried at 110°C (230°F) and crushed to pass a No. 200-mesh sieve, mixed with stearic acid, and then milled and compressed into a smooth pellet. The pellet is irradiated with an x-ray beam and the characteristic x-rays of the elements analyzed are excited, separated, and detected by the spectrometer. The measured x-ray intensities are converted to elemental concentration by using a cahbration equation derived from the analysis of the standard materials. The K spectral lines are used for aU the elements determined by this test method. This test method is also apphcable to the determination of additional elements provided that appropriate standards are available for use and comparison. 

Addition of dampproofers based on caprylic, capric or stearic acids, stearates or wax emulsions do not have any effect on the setting characteristics of hydration products of Portland cement. However, the unsaturated fatty acid salts, such as oleates, although not affecting the tricalcium silicate hydration, have a marked effect on the ettringite and monosulfate reaction [12] and this is illustrated in the isothermal calorimetry results in Fig. 4.4. It is possible that a calcium oleoaluminate hydrate complex is formed involving the double bond of the oleic acid. 

There is a seemingly endless variety of fatty acids, but only a few of them predominate in any single organism. Most fatty acid chains contain an even number of carbon atoms. In higher plants the C16 palmitic acid and the C18 unsaturated oleic and linoleic acids predominate. The C18 saturated stearic acid is almost absent from plants and C20 to C24 acids are rarely present except in the outer cuticle of leaves. Certain plants contain unusual fatty acids which may be characteristic of a taxonomic group. For example, the Compositae (daisy family) contain acetylenic fatty acids and the castor bean contains the hydroxy fatty acid ricinoleic acid. 

Stearic acid is a long chain SFA present, to varying degrees, in virtually all edible fats and oils. Table IV provides the fatty acid composition of fats and oils commonly consumed by humans. The most abundant food sources of stearic acid in the American diet are beef fat and cocoa butter (chocolate). Cocoa butter is valued by chocolate manufacturers because it remains solid at room temperature but dissolves quickly at body temperature, a unique characteristic of chocolate that is due largely to stearic acid. During the last few decades as cocoa butter prices and supplies have fluctuated, food companies began looking for alternative oils that could provide equivalent amounts of stearic acid in order to retain the desirable physical characteristics. Several... 

Lipids are constituents of plants and animals that are characteristically insoluble in water. Fats and oils are lipids that are triesters formed by reaction of the triol glycerol with long-chain saturated or unsaturated acids called fatty acids. The common acids in fats and oils have an even number of carbons (for example, stearic acid has 18 carbons), and, if unsaturated (for example, oleic acid), they have the Z configuration (Table 15.1 lists the fatty acids, with their common names). Hydrogenation of oils, which have a high percentage of unsaturated acids, converts them to solid fats in a process called hardening. 

Fig. 1 shows the surface pressure-area (n-A) isotherms of stearic acid monolayers on pure water and ion-containing subphases, respectively. The presence of bivalent cations in the subphase gives rise to condensation of the monolayers. On the Ag+-containing subphase, the isotherm shows extremely compressed characteristics with a limiting area of 0.12nm2/molecule, much smaller than the cross-sectional area of 0.20 nm2 of a saturated hydrocarbon chain, which suggests the formation of a three-dimensional structure of the compressed monolayer [48]. 

Lanthanides react with fatty acids such as lauric, palmitic and stearic acids to give compounds of the formula Ln(COOR)3. Lanthanide alkoxides react with fatty acids to yield mixed ligand soaps, [Ln(OR)A ], where A is a fatty acid. Reaction of [Ln(OR)A ] with acetyl chloride or acetyl bromide yield lanthanide chloride- or bromide-mixed soaps. The spectral characteristics of the alkoxide-mixed soaps, chloride-mixed soaps, bromide-mixed soaps and quaternary-mixed soaps of Pr(III) and Nd(III) were studied and the spectral parameters were evaluated by regression analysis. The intensification of the bands and the nephelauxetic effect were in the order quaternary soaps > alkoxide soaps > chloride-bromide-mixed soaps. The above order is in agreement with the calculated covalency due to the lowering of coulombic interaction parameters as well as the lower melting points of the mixed soaps. 

Materials. Two types of standard tire cord obtained from Gen Corporation were used in this investigation polyester, 1300/3, and nylon 66, 1260/3. The rubber composition to which the adhesively dipped cords were bonded had the following composition in parts by weight styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) 1502, 100 N330 carbon black, 50 zinc oxide, 5 stearic acid, 0.5 sulfur, 1.7 2-morpholinothio-benzothiazole, 2. Master batches were mixed 7 min in a 350-ml Brabender Plasticorder, and curatives were added on a cool two-roll mill. Cure characteristics at 155 °C were determined with an oscillating disc rheometer (ASTM D 2084). The time to reach 90% of the final cure state was 23 min, and the Shore A hardness of the final vulcanizate was approximately 60. 

Stearic Acid Stearic acid is obtained by hydrolysis of fat or hydrogenation of vegetable oils. Compendial stearic acid contains a mixture of stearic acid and palmitic acids. It is available as powder or crystalline solid which is white to yellowish white in color and possesses a characteristic odor. Although stearic acid is insoluble... 

Important trends in N2 isotherm when the PS beads are used as a physical template are shown in Table 1 and Fig. 2. In Table 1, PI is the alumina prepared without any templates, P2 is prepared without ]4iysical template (PS bead), P3 is prepared without chemical template (stearic acid), and P4 is prepared with all templates. For above 10 nm of pore size and spherical pore system, the Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) method underestimates the characteristics for spherical pores, while the Broekhoff-de Boer-Frenkel-Halsey-Hill (BdB-FHH) model is more accurate than the BJH model at the range 10-100 nm [13]. Therefore, the pore size distribution between 1 and 10 nm and between 10 and 100 nm obtained from the BJH model and BdB-FHH model on the desorption branch of nitrogen isotherm, respectively. N2 isotherm of P2 has typical type IV and hysteresis loop, while that of P3 shows reduced hysteresis loop at P/Po ca. 0.5 and sharp lifting-up hysteresis loop at P/Po > 0.8. This sharp inflection implies a change in the texture, namely, textural macro-porosity [4,14]. It should be noted that P3 shows only macropore due to the PS bead-free from alumina framework. 

One of the traditional raw materials used for the production of stearic acid is taUow, and very often, consumers or customers will ask for products equivalent to stearic acid from tallow. Single, double, and triple pressed stearic acids from pahn oil are in fact produced via distillation processes, but similar terminologies were used to indicate their similar characteristics. Besides their fight color, fatty acids derived from palm products have a low content of unsaponifiables, indicating excellent purity. 

Phospholipid bilayers, liposomes and detergent micelles have often been used as model systems for membranes and have also proved convenient for ESR experiments. Lecithin bilayers, when prepared as films on a glass slide, are known to be formed in such a way that the lecithin molecules have their long axis perpendicular to the membrane surface. When the stearic acid derivatives (C) were incorporated into lecithin bilayers, it was found that they gave ESR spectra characteristic of... 

Magnesium stearate is a very fine, light white, precipitated or milled, impalpable powder of low bulk density, having a faint odor of stearic acid and a characteristic taste. The powder is greasy to the touch and readily adheres to the skin. 

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