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Green Chemistry Series
Renewable Resources for Surface Coatings, Inks, and Adhesives
By
Rainer Höfer
Rainer Höfer
Editorial Ecosiris, Germany
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Hardback ISBN:
978-1-78262-993-1
PDF ISBN:
978-1-78801-302-4
EPUB ISBN:
978-1-83916-130-8
Special Collection:
2022 ebook collection
Series:
Green Chemistry
No. of Pages:
854
Publication date:
11 Nov 2022
Book Chapter
CHAPTER 9: Glycerine and Glycerol
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Published:11 Nov 2022
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Special Collection: 2022 ebook collectionSeries: Green Chemistry
Citation
Renewable Resources for Surface Coatings, Inks, and Adhesives, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022, pp. 437-467.
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Glycerine has accompanied the chemistry of fats and oils “forever”. When left in the soap making process, glycerine improved soap solubility in water and gave the soap a soft and gentle touch. Completely separated and highly purified, it was a chemical speciality, e.g. for pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications, and for nitro varnishes and nitrocellulose explosives. With the advent of biodiesel based on vegetable oils transesterified into fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs), glycerol became a commodity for industrial applications as humectant and antifreeze, and as intermediate for functional chemicals.
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