Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Plastics & Elastomers Functions
- Technologies
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Plastics & Elastomers End Uses
- Applications
- In the rubber industry, derivatives of stearic acid are used in the mixture of substances that are added to rubber to control flexibility or other properties of the final product.
- Some stearates are used by the polymer industry, as lubricants, anti-static agents and mold releasing agents.
- Stearic acid used in the fabrication of candles, improves appearance, luminosity, durability, and unmolding.
- In crayons, it gives better dispersion of ink, better absorption and retention on paper, among others.
Properties
- Typical Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Acid Value | 202 - 208 | — | — |
| Arachidic | 0.0 - 1.2 | % | — |
| Iodine Value | 0 - 1 | — | — |
| Margaric | 0.0 - 4.5 | % | — |
| Myristic | 0.0 - 3.5 | % | — |
| Nonadecanoic | 0.0 - 0.9 | % | — |
| Oleic | 0.0 - 1.0 | % | — |
| Palmitic | 25.0 - 40.0 | % | — |
| Pentadecanoic | 0.0 - 1.5 | % | — |
| Saponification Value | 202 - 208 | — | — |
| Stearic | 50.0 - 68.0 | % | — |
| Titer | 56 - 62 | ° C | — |
| Unsaponifiable Matter | max. 0.4 | % | — |
Packaging & Availability
- Package
- Bulk delivery in 20-ton ISO tank containers, or 7 or 25-ton tank trucks.
- flaked in 25 kg. polypropylene or paper bags, or in 500 or 600 kg. big bags.