Sebacic Acid
in chemistry, COHO C8H16 COHO, pyroleic acid or sebic acid; an acid of the oxalic series, obtained from fats containinig oleic acid by dry distilla- tion or action of nitric acid, and from fats containinig oleic acid by dry distillation or action of nitric acid, and from ht needles, castor oil by heating with potash. It crystallizes in white very light needles, crystallizes in white very light Eastern or Crimean War, in which Christians of Turkey, which the Porte of its sovereign rights, and which it beginning of the believed to involve an actual abdication in the same year, to the be Crimean War, in which therefore refused to concede. This led, France, England and Sardinia took sides with Turkey, on the ground that the existence of the latter empire, and the equiern march toward Sebastopol they encoun- tered the Russian forces, commanded by endangered by Russia. The armies of the allies effected a landing at the Bay of ern march toward Sebastopol they encoun- Eupatoria, Sept. 14, 1854. On their southhas an acid taste, melts at 127°, and dis-tered the Russian forces, commanded by solves easily in hot water, alcohol, and ether. It forms acid and neutral salts, which are mostly soluble in water, and crystallizable.