Stearic Acid
Stearic acid, also called octadecanoic acid, is one of the useful types of saturated fatty acids that comes from many animal and vegetable fats and oils. Stearic acid is prepared by treating animal fat with water at a high pressure and temperature. It can also be obtained from the hydrogenation of vegetable oils.

CAS NO: 57-11-4
Physical Properties:
 

• • STEARIC ACID is a white solid.

• It is very slightly soluble in water
• Its odor  is pungent oily

• it is Stable. Combustible. Incompatible with bases

USES:
 

• It is used as ingredient in making candles, soaps, plastics, oil pastels, lubricant, cosmetics and as a softener in chewing gum base and for suppositories.
• It is also used as a Food additives & Flavoring agent.

Applications:
 

• • Being inexpensively available and chemically benign, stearic acid finds many niche applications. It is used to produce dietary supplements.

• In fireworks, stearic acid is often used to coat metal powders such as aluminum and iron.
• Stearic acid is a common lubricant during injection molding and pressing of ceramic powders.

• It is also used as a mold release for foam latex that is baked in stone molds.