glycerol

[ glis-uh-rawl, -rol ]

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noun

a colorless, odorless, syrupy, sweet liquid, C 3 H 8 O 3 , usually obtained by the saponification of natural fats and oils: used for sweetening and preserving food, in the manufacture of cosmetics, perfumes, inks, and certain glues and cements, as a solvent and automobile antifreeze, and in medicine in suppositories and skin emollients.

glycerol

/ ˈɡlɪsəˌrɒl /

a colourless or pale yellow odourless sweet-tasting syrupy liquid; 1,2,3-propanetriol: a by-product of soap manufacture, used as a solvent, antifreeze, plasticizer, and sweetener ( E422 ). Formula: C 3 H 8 O 3 Also called (not in technical usage)glycerineglycerin

glycerol

/ glĭs′ə-rôl′ /

A sweet, syrupy liquid obtained from animal fats and oils or by the fermentation of glucose. It is used as a solvent, sweetener, and antifreeze and in making explosives and soaps. Glycerol consists of a propane molecule attached to three hydroxyl (OH) groups. Also called glycerin, glycerine. Chemical formula: C 3 H 8 O 3 .

First recorded in 1880–85; glycer(in) + -ol ¹

C19: from glycer ( ine ) + -ol ¹

They also mixed in glycerol, which helps the gel hold in water.

Meanwhile, glycerol absorbs moisture from the air, counteracting evaporation.

Fort was part of a team that levitated silicone oil or glycerol.

A wax obtained from Rhus succedanea was shown by Stahmer to contain palmitic acid and glycerol in the form of glycerol palmitate.

It must be broken up into a fatty acid and glycerol, and saponified before it can be absorbed.

This mixture when heated separates into two layers, the upper one viscid and forming a sort of "glycerol," the lower clear.

Closely associated with the question of how much glycerol should be added is that of how the additions should be made.

Originally it was believed that the glycerol should be added in stages so that changes would occur gradually.

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