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THE fatty acids of higher carbon content than stearic acid are of general interest because of their occurrence in oils and fats now employed for edible purposes. Ultimate chemical analysis of higher fatty acids is inconclusive, because of the very slight percentage differences in the elementary composition of these closely related homologous substances, but X-ray examination gives data which are more decisive (Müller, Chem. Soc. Trans., 1923, 123, 2043; Müller and Shearer, ibid. p. 3156).
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MORGAN, G., HOLMES, E. X-ray Identification of the Higher Fatty Acids. Nature 117, 624 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117624b0
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