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arachidic acid
noun
Chemistry.
- a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 40 O 2 , obtained from peanut oil: used chiefly in the manufacture of lubricants, plastics, and waxes.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of arachidic acid1
First recorded in 1870鈥75
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Intervening members of this series, such as caprylic acid, C7H15路COOH, and lauric acid, C11H23路COOH, are also found in smaller quantities in cocoanut and palm nut oils, in butter fat, and in spermaceti; while higher members of the series, as arachidic acid, C19H39路COOH, and lignoceric acid, C23H47路COOH, are found in peanut oil; and cerotic acid, C25H51路COOH, and melissic acid, C29H59路COOH, in beeswax and carnauba wax.
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