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Distilled palm stearin fatty acid is the free fatty acid of palm stearin, purified by distillation. It is not a saturated stearic acid: palmitic acid makes up 56–65%, but oleic acid at 24–33% and linoleic acid at 4–8% remain in the cut, so the iodine value sits at 28–39 g I₂/100 g, with a titre of 47–53 °C. The acid value falls within 207–214 mg KOH/g and the saponification value within 208–215 mg KOH/g.
Typical outlets for a distilled palm fatty acid of this kind are soap and soap noodle bases, metal soaps, and esters, amides and other oleochemical intermediates. Because the oleic share lowers the titre, it handles and sets differently from fully saturated palm acids, and its behaviour in a given formulation should be proven by trials.
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