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Structure of Calcium Soap Fibres

Nature volume 190, pages 337–338 (1961)Cite this article

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PREVIOUS publications on soap particles have contained conflicting views and evidence as to the orientation of the hydrocarbon chains within the particles. This is true even for a single soap, calcium stearate, and may be due to different methods of preparation leading to different crystal habits and/or structures.

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BIRD, R., ROONEY, G. Structure of Calcium Soap Fibres. Nature 190, 337–338 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190337a0

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