margaric acid
a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble, fatty acid, C17H34O2, resembling stearic acid, obtained from lichens or synthetically.
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It is a crystalline solid less fusible than margaric acid, but closely resembling it in its other properties.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonThe residuum being decomposed by boiling hot muriatic acid, affords margaric acid.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreIf it melts at a lower heat, it contains more or less margaric acid.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreWhen treated with caustic alkaline lye, it is converted into margaric acid and ceraïne.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreIt forms pearly scales, and melts at 140 Fahr., like margaric acid, which it closely resembles.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold Cooley
British Dictionary definitions for margaric acid
another name for heptadecanoic acid
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