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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A substance (C35H70O) obtained by the partial decomposition of stearic acid. It is a volatile liquid, and seems to be stearic acid deprived of two equivalents of carbonic acid.

Wiktionary

  1. n. chemistry The ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C17H35)2.CO, by the distillation of calcium stearate.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Chem.) The ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C17H35)2.CO, by the distillation of calcium stearate.

Etymologies

  1. stearic +‎ -one? (Wiktionary)

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  • “Dr Schupphaus found that propyl and isobutyl alcohols with camphor were active solvents, and the ketones, palmitone, and stearone in alcohol solution, also alpha - and beta-naphthol, with alcohol and anthraquinone”

    Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

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