cetyl alcohol

Flakes of cetyl alcohol were left behind on cooling.

At room temperature, cetyl alcohol takes the form of a waxy white solid or flakes.

Esters of cetyl alcohol and jojoba oil are used as a substitute for spermaceti.

To prevent loss of water due to evaporation, cetyl alcohol (hexadecanol) is sprayed over the lake surface.

(Cetyl alcohol is a major component in most hair-conditioners and hand-lotions.)

Hydrogenation of palmitic acid yields cetyl alcohol, which is used to produce detergents and cosmetics.

Jojoba oil is used as a replacement for whale oil and its derivatives, such as cetyl alcohol.

At some point, cetus became synonymous with whale (cf. cetyl alcohol, which is alcohol derived from whales).

Cetyl palmitate is the ester derived from palmitic acid and cetyl alcohol.

With the demise of commercial whaling, cetyl alcohol is produced by hydrogenation of vegetable oils such as palm oil and coconut oil.

Such moisturizers often contain lightweight oils, such as cetyl alcohol, or silicone-derived ingredients, such as cyclomethicone.

It has the characteristics of cetyl alcohol combined with the viscosity building effect of stearyl alcohol as an effective thickener and helps form stable emulsions.

Lip balm often contains beeswax or carnauba wax, camphor, cetyl alcohol, lanolin, paraffin, and petrolatum, among other ingredients.

People who suffer from eczema can be sensitive to cetyl alcohol, though this may be due to impurities rather than cetyl alcohol itself.

Cetyl myristoleate has been prepared by an esterification reaction between myristoleic acid and cetyl alcohol in benzene, catalyzed by p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate.

Spermaceti consists principally of cetyl palmitate (the ester of cetyl alcohol and palmitic acid), CHCOO-CH.

Products that contain alcohol-based ingredients, such as cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol and naturally derived witch hazel, are beneficial because they help prevent unwanted bacteria from getting into any shaving nicks.

Cetyl alcohol is used in the cosmetic industry as an opacifier in shampoos, or as an emollient, emulsifier or thickening agent in the manufacture of skin creams and lotions.

Prominent among these are the fatty alcohols cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, and cetostearyl alcohol (consisting predominantly of cetyl and stearyl alcohols), and oleyl alcohol.

Cetyl alcohol films had long been used as a means of preventing evaporation from water reservoirs, and nature had merely extended the principle, applying a fractional tilt, at first imperceptible, to the balance of the elements.

These include ingredients such as cetyl alcohol, laureth-5, lecithin, PEG-4 dilaurate, stearic acid, stearyl alcohol, carboxylic acid, lactic acid, urea, sodium lactate, propylene glycol, glycerin, or polyvinylpyrrolidone.

A miniemulsion is obtained by shearing a mixture comprising two immiscible liquid phases (for example, oil and water), one or more surfactants and, possibly, one or more co-surfactants (typical examples are hexadecane or cetyl alcohol).