ts in the production of a stearine candle, which does. not oleic acid. (The “stearine” of com- merce is a mixture of stearic and palmitic acids.) The mixture of the three fatty acids is treated with sulph- uric acid, washed with steam, _ dis- tilled and run into iron pans where it solidifies in… … for soda in the process of saponification and employed boric acid is forced out through the filtering cloth acid in the preparation of the wicks, a treat- leaving the ‘“‘stearine’ behind as a white, ment which is essential to satisfactory com- solid, and brittle mass. bustion. Since their time the…
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