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Definition of Caproates
1. caproate [n] - See also: caproate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caproates
Literary usage of Caproates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Chemistry of Inorganic Bodies by Thomas Thomson (1831)
"It burns with flame like the volatile oils. It combines with bases, and forms a
genus of salts called caproates. Chevreul analyzed several of these ..."
2. The Analyst (1877)
"... and caproates of butter. The crystallization and resemblance to benzoate of
calcium, together with the absence of efflorescence of the second series of ..."
3. Chemistry, inorganic and organic by Charles Loudon Bloxam (1903)
"It dissolves very sparingly in water, and has a repulsive odour. The caproates
of barium and calcium are rather sparingly soluble in water, ..."
4. Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death by Frederic William Henry Myers (1903)
"It does not smell nice; but pure caproates are very fragrant if the right alcoholic
base is combined. I fancy that woodruffe and verbena are of the nature ..."
5. The Physiology of Man: Designed to Represent the Existing State of by Austin Flint (1874)
"The odor is probably due to the presence of volatile, odorous compounds of the
fatty acids, like the caproates, ..."
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