A brief description of the uses and industries involved in 18-alcohol

18-alcohol (stearyl alcohol) appears as a white flake or granular solid, fragrant, insoluble in water, soluble in ethanol, ether, benzene, and chloroform . it can be obtained by hydrolysis of pilot whale oil, hydrogenation of stearic acid under the catalysis of copper chromate, or reduction of ethyl stearate with saturated ethanol. it can also be obtained by controlling the polymerization reaction of ethylene under the action…