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It is widely used as a lubricant and as an additive
in industrial preparations. It is used in the manufacture of metallic
stearates, pharmaceuticals, soaps, cosmetics, and food packaging. It is
also used as a softener, accelerator activator and dispersing agent in
rubbers. Oleic acid (systematic chemical name is cis-octadec-9-enoic
acid) is the most abundant of the unsaturated fatty acids in
nature.
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