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What is a cetyl?

What is a cetyl? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) The univalent hexadecyl radical C16H33- present in many waxes
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The fatty alcohols like cetyl, stearyl and ceteryl are used as emollients but are often wrongly associated with ethyl.
Mossies and midges are attracted to the carbon dioxide and various cetyl alcohols you give off especially from your toes.
Cetyl myristoleate, a fatty acid that regulates inflammation and pain, is one of them.
Also supplied as 100 percent active, Tego Flow 354 is a cetyl dimethicone copolyol that promotes clean print quality in ink jet inks by improving flow and stabilizing the ink.
In the first step, we produced the appropriate reactants including solid iodine and cetyl trimethyl ammonium iodide.
Look for ingredients like helichrysum italicum extract, teprenone, acetyl dipeptide-1 cetyl ester, and sea whip extract.

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