Oleic-acid meaning

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An oily liquid monounsaturated fatty acid, C18 H34 O2 , occurring in animal and vegetable oils and used in making soap.
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An oily, unsaturated fatty acid, C17H33COOH, present in the form of the glyceryl ester in most animal and vegetable fats and oils, used in making soap, ointments, etc.
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An oily liquid occurring in animal and vegetable oils and used in making soap. Chemical formula: C18H34O2.
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(organic chemistry) An unsaturated fatty acid, having 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil and very many other vegetable and animal oils and fats; it is used for making soap, cosmetics etc.
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Oleic-acid Sentence Examples

  • Very good results have been obtained from a preparation named "lipanin," which consists of six parts of oleic acid and ninety-four of pure olein.

  • Artificially it may be prepared by heating cetyl alcohol with soda lime to 270° or by fusing oleic acid with potassium hydrate.

  • Erucic acid, C 8 H 17 CH: CH [CH2]11 C02H, and the isomeric brassidic acid, belong to the oleic acid series.

  • Linoleic acid, C18H3202, found as glyceride in drying oils, and ricinoleic acid, C18H33(OH)02, found as glyceride in castor oil, closely resemble oleic acid.

  • In the mixture of unsaturated fatty acids, by means of some more refined methods, clupanodonic acid, linolenic acid, linolic acid and oleic acid can be recognized.

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