Stearic Acid
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Stearic acid (SA), sometimes also called octadecanoic acid, is a saturated long-chain fatty acid. It’s present in humans, animals and some plants.
It appears as a waxy, yellow-white, solid substance.
Stearic acid uses include:
- Making soap and cleansers (one of the most common ways it’s used worldwide)
- Improving the efficacy and texture of cleansers, lotions and skin care/hair products, including shampoo and conditioner
- Making cosmetics/makeup
- Stabilizing the texture of shaving creams and lubricants
- Creating detergents, house cleaners and textile softeners
- Forming and softening plastics
- Making candles
- Making chewing gum
- Making supplements/tablets
Stearic acid’s structure (being an 18-carbon chain fatty acid) allows it to help improve the texture and consistency of other products. It can help make skin/hair/household products solid and improve the ability of them to to mix with water (which is usually difficult since oil/water do not combine well).
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