stearic acid

English

Ball-and-stick model of stearic acid: ${\ce {CH3(CH2)16COOH}}$.

Noun

stearic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) octadecanoic acid; the most common saturated fatty acid; it is found in all animal and most vegetable oils and fats; it is used in the manufacture of soap etc.

Synonyms

• E570 (when used as an anti-caking agent)
• octadecanoic acid (IUPAC name)

Coordinate terms

• stearate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)
• octadecanoate

Translations

fatty acid

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 硬脂酸 (ngaang⁶ zi¹ syun¹)

  Mandarin: 硬脂酸 (zh) (yìngzhīsuān)

• Czech: kyselina stearová f
• Finnish: steariinihappo, oktadekaanihappo
• French: acide stéarique (fr) m
• German: Stearinsäure (de) f
• Hungarian: sztearinsav (hu)
• Italian: acido stearico m
• Japanese: ステアリン酸 (ステアリンさん, sutearin-san), オクタデカン酸 (オクタデカンさん, okutadekan-san)
• Korean: 스테아르산 (seuteareusan)
• Persian: استئاریک اسید (este'ârik asid)
• Portuguese: ácido esteárico m
• Romanian: acid stearic (ro) m
• Russian: стеари́новая кислота́ (ru) f (stearínovaja kislotá), октадека́новая кислота́ f (oktadekánovaja kislotá)
• Spanish: ácido esteárico m
• Swedish: stearinsyra (sv) c