Definitions for stearins

stearins ste·a·rin

Spelling: [stee-uh-rin, steer-in]
IPA: /ˈsti ə rɪn, ˈstɪər ɪn/

Stearins is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 495 anagrams from letters in stearins (aeinrsst).

Definitions for stearins

noun

  1. Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
  2. the crude commercial form of stearic acid, used chiefly in the manufacture of candles.

Origin of stearins

1810-20; French stéarine Greek stéar fat, grease + French -ine -ine2; see -in2

Examples for stearins

This is obtained from stearin (see below), by saponification.

Olein is a liquid at ordinary temperature, while stearin is solid.

stearin is a white crystalline substance, sparingly soluble in alcohol and ether, but insoluble in water.

The refined oleic acid of the stearin works also commonly passes under the name.

The crude oleic acid, or lard oil of commerce, is chiefly obtained as a secondary product in the manufacture of stearin.

It contains about 60% of olein and 40% of palmitin and stearin.

The melting point of stearin appears to undergo changes and suggests the existence of distinct modifications.

The fatty acids are then placed in clothes and subjected to pressure in the stearin cold press.

Prepared from palmitin (see next article), by saponification, as stearic acid is prepared from stearin.

A constituent formerly supposed to exist in solid fats, but now regarded as a mixture of stearin and palmitin.

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