elaïdin

See also: elaidin

English

Noun

elaïdin (countable and uncountable, plural elaïdins)

1. Obsolete form of elaidin.
   • 1882, Henry Watts, A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences, volume II, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., page 369:

     Elaïdin is saponified by alkalis, yielding glycerin and a salt of elaïdic acid. The Unguentum oxygenatum and U. citrinum of the pharmacopœias, prepared from hog’s lard with nitric acid, contain impure elaïdin.

   • 1886, Alfred H[enry] Allen, “Constitution and Chemical Properties of Fatty Oils and Waxes”, in Commercial Organic Analysis: […], 2nd edition, volumes II (Fixed Oils and Fats, Hydrocarbons, Phenols, &c.), London: J. & A. Churchill, section “Elaïdin-Reaction”, pages 57–58:

     After twenty-four hours, the hardness of the product is such that it is impervious to, and sometimes rings when struck with, a glass rod, but this character is also possessed by the elaïdins yielded by arachis and lard oils.

   • 1918, Percival J. Fryer, Frank E. Weston, “Refractive Power”, in Technical Handbook of Oils, Fats and Waxes, volume II, Cambridge: at the University Press, section III (Practical Methods for the Standard Analytical Determinations), chapter section c (The Abbé refractometer), subsection a (The Dispersive Power), page 58:

     “Elaïdins” give much lower dispersions than the oils from which they are produced.