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English
Noun
elaïdate (plural elaïdates)
- Obsolete form of elaidate.
1842 March, M. Meyer, “Investigations Concerning Elaïdic Acid”, in The Chemist; or, Reporter of Chemical Discoveries and Improvements, and Protector of the Rights of the Chemist and Chemical Manufacturer, volume III, number XXVII, London, page 75, column 2:The soap of soda, dissolved with heat in alcohol, gave, by cooling, crystals of the neutral elaïdate, of a silvery lustre, resembling those of the free acid, only being much finer. By dissolving the neutral elaïdate of soda in alcohol, and by decomposing it by a neutral solution of nitrate of silver, a white and bulky precipitate of elaïdate of that base was obtained.
1856, Campbell Morfit, “The Proximate Principles of Fats; Their Composition and Properties”, in A Treatise on Chemistry Applied to the Manufacture of Soap and Candles; , Philadelphia, Pa.: Parry and McMillan, page 153:The alkaline elaïdates are crystallizable, and soluble in alcohol and in water; but an excess of the latter decomposes them into insoluble acid salts. The earthy and metallic elaïdates are either wholly or nearly insoluble in water, alcohol, and ether.
1882, Henry Watts, A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences, volume II, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., page 368:All the neutral elaïdates are insoluble in water, only the alkaline salts containing excess of alkali being soluble.