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CALCIUM STEARATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does calcium stearate mean?
• CALCIUM STEARATE (noun)
The noun CALCIUM STEARATE has 1 sense:
1. an insoluble calcium salt of stearic acid and palmitic acid; it is formed when soap is mixed with water that contains calcium ions and is the scum produced in regions of hard water
Familiarity information: CALCIUM STEARATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An insoluble calcium salt of stearic acid and palmitic acid; it is formed when soap is mixed with water that contains calcium ions and is the scum produced in regions of hard water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
calcium octadecanoate; calcium stearate
Hypernyms ("calcium stearate" is a kind of...):
salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))
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