Sodium Stearate
Sodium stearate is a white oily powder with a slippery feel and fatty odor.
Soluble in hot water or hot alcohol.
The aqueous solution is alkaline due to hydrolysis and the alcoholic solution is neutral. Produced by the interaction of octadecanoic acid and sodium hydroxid.
Used in toothpaste manufacturing, also used as water repellent and plastic stabilizer.
