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Stearin is obtained from animal fats created as a byproduct of processing beef.It can also be found in tropical plants such as palm. It can be partially purified by dry fractionation by pressing tallow or other fatty mixtures, leading to separation of the higher melting stearin-rich material from the liquid, which is typically enriched in fats derived from oleic acid.
The triglyceride derived from three molecules of stearic acid is called stearin. [9] Stearic acid is a prevalent fatty-acid in nature, found in many animal and vegetable fats, but is usually higher in animal fat than vegetable fat. It has a melting point of 69.4 °C (156.9 °F) °C and a pKa of 4.50. [11]
Candle moulding machine in Indonesia circa 1920. Candle making was developed independently in a number of countries around the world. [1]Candles were primarily made from tallow and beeswax in Europe from the Roman period until the modern era, when spermaceti (from sperm whales) was used in the 18th and 19th centuries, [2] and purified animal fats and paraffin wax since the 19th century. [1]
However, the saponification and distillation processes that Price's Patent Candle used required two and a half times the quantity of raw material. One of the products separated out by saponification was a liquid fat called oleine, which was separated from the stearin by compression. Wilson discovered that it could be used as a light lubricating ...
In Italy they use pitch of this kind: forty minæ [note 2] of pitch, one of wax, eight drams [note 3] of sal ammoniac, six drams of manna. [note 4] Thus, having pounded them and boiled them together, they sprinkle eight ounces (uncia) [note 5] of well-ground fenugreek over them and they pitch the cask with them when they are well mixed. [9]
Candles were also made from stearin (initially manufactured from animal fats but now produced almost exclusively from palm waxes). [37] [38] Today, most candles are made from paraffin wax, a byproduct of petroleum refining. [39] The hydrocarbon C 31 H 64 is a typical component of paraffin wax, from which most modern candles are produced.
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These greasy materials, triesters called triglycerides, are usually mixtures derived from diverse fatty acids. In the traditional saponification, the triglyceride is treated with lye, which cleaves the ester bonds, releasing fatty acid salts (soaps) and glycerol. In one simplified version, the saponification of stearin gives sodium stearate.