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fatty alcohol [′fad·ē ′al·kə‚hȯl] (organic chemistry) A high-molecular-weight, straight-chain primary alcohol derived from natural fats and oils; includes lauryl, stearyl, oleyl, and linoleyl alcohols; used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, plastics, and lube oils and in textile manufacture. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The fatty alcohols like cetyl, stearyl and ceteryl are used as emollients but are often wrongly associated with ethyl. CONDEA Vista Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RWE-DEA of Germany, is a producer of commodity and specialty chemicals including linear alkylbenzene, fatty alcohols, alcohol ethoxylates, aluminas and solvents. The line includes numerous grades of MIGLYOL(R) emollients and gelled oils; SOFTIGEN(R) superfatting agent, DYNASAN(R) monoacid triglycerides; SOFTISAN(R) triglycerideL(R) and NAFOL(R) linear primary alcohol homologincluding linear alkylbenzene, fatty alcohols, well as other consumer products. |
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