Stearin vs. Paraffin
Stearinnoun
Solid fat.
Stearinnoun
(organic compound) A glyceride (especially the triglyceride) of stearic acid
Stearinnoun
One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate.
Stearinnoun
an ester of glycerol and stearic acid
Stearin
Stearin , or tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate is an odourless, white powder. It is a triglyceride derived from three units of stearic acid.
Paraffinnoun
(British) A petroleum based thin and colorless fuel oil, (kerosene in US English).
Paraffinnoun
(chemistry) Any member of the alkane hydrocarbons.
Paraffinnoun
Paraffin wax.
Paraffinverb
To impregnate or treat with paraffin.
Paraffinverb
To embed in paraffin wax.
Paraffinnoun
A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used in candles, as a sealing agent (such as in canning of preserves), as a waterproofing agent, as an illuminant and as a lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus gasoline, coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins.
Paraffinnoun
from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
Paraffinnoun
a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
Paraffinnoun
British usage
