sodium stearate

English

Skeletal formula of a molecule of sodium stearate, ${\ce {CH3(CH2)16COO- Na+}}$.

Noun

sodium stearate (plural sodium stearates)

1. (chemistry) The sodium salt of stearic acid; a constituent of soap.

Synonyms

• sodium octadecanoate

Hypernyms

• sodium carboxylate

Coordinate terms

• sodium caprate, sodium decanoate
• sodium caprylate, sodium octanoate
• sodium laurate, sodium dodecanoate
• sodium linoleate
• sodium myristate, sodium tetradecanoate
• sodium oleate
• sodium palmitate, sodium hexadecanoate

Translations

sodium salt of stearic acid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硬脂酸钠 (yìngzhīsuānnà)

• French: stéarate de sodium m
• German: Natriumstearat n
• Italian: stearato de sodio m
• Russian: стеарат натрия m (stearat natrija)