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Zinc stearate is a zinc soap that is widely used industrially. In this context soap is used in its formal sense a metal salt of a fatty acid. It is a white solid that repels water. It is insoluble in polar solvents such as alcohol and ether but soluble in aromatic hydrocarbons (e.g. benzene and chlorinated hydrocarbons) when heated. It is the most powerful mold release agent among all metal soaps. It contains no electrolyte and has a hydrophobic effect.

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IUPAC name
zinc octadecanoate

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