Stearic Acid, also called Octadecanoic Acid, is one of the most common long-chain fatty acids. It is found in combined form in natural animal and vegetable fats. Commercial stearic acid is a mixture of approximately equal amounts of stearic and palmitic acids and small amounts of oleic acid. It is employed in the manufacture of candles, cosmetics, shaving soaps, lubricants, and pharmaceuticals.
 

Applications

• Used in the production of detergents, soaps, and cosmetics such as shampoos and shaving cream products.
• Used along with castor oil for preparing softeners in textile sizing.
• Personal Care Products
• Being inexpensively available and chemically benign, stearic acid finds many niche applications
• Used in the manufacture of candles
• In fireworks, stearic acid is often used to coat metal powders such as aluminum and iron. This prevents oxidation, allowing compositions to be stored for a longer period of time.
• It is a common lubricant during injection molding and pressing of ceramic powders.
• It is used as a mold release for foam latex that is baked in stone molds.

Manufacturer

• Emery
• Southern Acid (M) Berhad
• Evyap
• Dua Kuda Indonesia
• KLK Oleo
• Pacific Oleo