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Chemistry Thursday: Carboxylic acids – medium chain fatty acids (part 22) 

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In today’s post, part 22, we’re meeting medium chain fatty acids – caproic acid, caprylic acid, capric acid, and lauric acid – all of which we encounter regularly in cosmetic chemistry. An important note about this series – it’s here for life. It isn’t going anywhere. If you want to take a break or take...

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Chemistry: Carboxylic acids – short chain acids (part 21)

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Welcome to part 21 of this series on learning chemistry! At this point of the series, we’ve met a number of molecules – alkanes (single bond), alkenes (double bond), alkynes (triple bond), and alcohols (have at least one OH group). Today, let’s meet carboxylic acids – small and medium chain ones – that have an...

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Chemistry: Alkanes (double bonds), saturation, and types of bonds (part 19)

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Welcome to part nineteen of this series on learning chemistry! In part one, we looked at the resources and materials we need to study chemistry. In part two, we learned the parts of an atom – protons, neutrons, and electrons! In part three, we learned about ions and valence shells. In part four, we learned...

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Chemistry: How branching affects alkanes, alcohols, and other molecules (part 18)

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Welcome to part eighteen of this series on learning chemistry – How branching affects alkanes, alcohols, and other molecules, then a review of what we’ve learned about alcohols with a big worksheet! I will warn you that this is a huge post because I’m not sure where I need to separate it into other posts,...

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Chemistry: How fatty alcohols behave in emulsions (part 17)

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Welcome to part seventeen of this series on learning chemistry – How fatty alcohols behave in emulsions, branching alcohols, and a review of what we’ve learned about alcohols! An important note about this series – it’s here for life. It isn’t going anywhere. If you want to take a break or take a few weeks...

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