Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem., a fatty substance, white, crystalline, produced by the action of nitric acid upon certain oils, especially castor-oil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A solid isomeric modification of olein.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry A solid
isomeric modification ofolein .
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Examples
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Professor Wimmer has recently proposed a convenient method for the formation of elaidin, which is applicable for the purpose of detecting the adulteration of almond and olive oils with drying oils.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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This reaction also occurs with the neutral glycerides of these acids, olein being converted into elaidin, which melts at 32°C.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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_ -- The solid mass of elaidin formed was of a darker color than that from olive, almond, and tea oil, but closely resembled that from rape oil.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 Various
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When the oil is digested with an equal volume of nitric acid (1.2 sp. gr.), and a globule of mercury added, the whole becomes converted into a mass of elaidin in about two hours, of the same tint as that produced from almond oil when similarly treated.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 Various
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If the oil of almonds or olives contains only a small quantity of poppy oil when thus treated, it is entirely converted into crystallized elaidin, whilst the poppy oil swims on the top in drops.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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