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Definition of Sebacic acid

1. Noun. A dicarboxylic acid used to make resins.

Definition of Sebacic acid

1. Noun. (chemistry) an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, (CH₂)₈(COOH)₂, originally prepared from tallow; it is used in the manufacture of resins, plasticizers and polyester rubbers ¹

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Literary usage of Sebacic acid

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1. System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry by Friedrich Christian Accum (1808)
"sebacic acid. PAKT CX. PROPERTIES OF sebacic acid. SEBACIC acid exists in a concrete form. It crystallizes in needles. It is void of odour, ..."

2. System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry by Friedrich Christian Accum, Thomas Cooper (1814)
"sebacic acid. PART CX. PROPERTIES OF sebacic acid. SEBACIC acid exists in a concrete form. It crystallizes in needles. It is void of odour. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"This residue is decomposed by hydrochloric acid, and the sebacic acid is extracted by boiling water from the mixture of insoluble acids thereby separated ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"This substance was evidently sebacic acid, the melting point of which has been variously stated as 127-128° and 133-133.5°. ..."

5. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1862)
"sebacic acid is very soluble in alcohol and in ether. By oxidation with nitric acid it yields a mixture ... sebacic acid forms both normal and acid salts. ..."

6. A Manual of elementary chemistry by George Fownes (1866)
"sebacic acid is a constant product of the destructive distillation of oleic acid, olein, and all fatty substances containing those bodies; it is extracted ..."

7. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Most Recent Discoveries and by Robert Kane (1851)
"The crystallized sebacic acid closely resembles the benzoic acid in properties and appearance ; its solution reddens litmus ; its alkaline salts are very ..."

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