Stearic acid, formally octadecanoic acid, is a fatty acid that is present as a component of triglyceride esters in many natural sources. It occurs most widely in animal fats and products made from ...
MATHIESON 1 has recently obtained electron micrographs of oleophobic stearic acid films adsorbed on mica from hexadecane solution. These show islands of stearic acid in the monolayer, with only about ...