Stearates is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 282 anagrams from letters in stearates (aaeersstt).
First recorded in 1835-45; stear(ic acid) + -ate2
Ordinary starch, or talcum, or the stearate of zinc is suitable.
The stearate of lead, by Chevreul, gives 109 for the atomic weight of the acid.
When added to water containing calcium salts the insoluble calcium palmitate and stearate are precipitated.
This separates the stearate, and leaves a nearly pure oleate of lead.
We may thus conceive how a small quantity of stearate or oleate of potash may resist the decomposing action of the soda salts.
From the stearate of soda, it appears to be 104; and from that of lime, 102.