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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An insoluble solid alcohol (C12H25OH) with an unbranched paraffin chain, used to make detergents, such as sodium lauryl sulfate.
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- noun a colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals
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The thermochromic dye is usually a mixture of a leuco dye (a dye whose molecules can take on two forms, one colorless; Hypercolor shirts often used crystal violet lactone), a weak acid, and a dissociable salt dissolved in the fatty alcohol 1-dodecanol.
mental_floss Blog Matt Soniak 2010
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