Cerotic acid
Encyclopedia
Cerotic acid, or hexacosanoic acid, is a 26-carbon
long-chain saturated fatty acid with the chemical formula
CH3(CH2)24COOH. It is most commonly found in beeswax
and carnauba wax
, and is a white crystalline solid.
Carbon
Carbon is the chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is nonmetallic and tetravalent—making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds...
long-chain saturated fatty acid with the chemical formula
Chemical formula
A chemical formula or molecular formula is a way of expressing information about the atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound....
CH3(CH2)24COOH. It is most commonly found in beeswax
Beeswax
Beeswax is a natural wax produced in the bee hive of honey bees of the genus Apis. It is mainly esters of fatty acids and various long chain alcohols...
and carnauba wax
Carnauba wax
Carnauba , also called Brazil wax and palm wax, is a wax of the leaves of the palm Copernicia prunifera, a plant native to and grown only in the northeastern Brazilian states of Piauí, Ceará, and Rio Grande do Norte. It is known as "queen of waxes" and usually comes in the form of hard yellow-brown...
, and is a white crystalline solid.