Glycerol and spent lye clarification - Illinois Institute of Technology

sulphate, also of nickel, cobalt, and copper
sulphates is explained by the fact that those
salts combine with three molecules of glycerol
to form complex compounds of the general
formula (M . 3 C H )S0 . HO. For these
3 O o 4- c
compounds Grxin and Bookish proposed the name
glycerinates, to distinguish them from the
metallic glycerides (glyoeroxidee) mentioned
above. The glycerinates are precipitated
from their aqueous solutions by alcohol as
amorphuouB substances.
It has been pointed out that glycerol o
is able to form mono-acid and di-acid esters.
These are usually described as monoglyceridee
or diglycerides. They do not occur in nature.
The most important esters of glycerol
are those resulting from the combination of
glycerol with fatty acids.
Glycerol also forms esters with inorganic
acids, the most important being those formed
with carbonic, sulphuric, nitric, phosphoric,
boric, and arsenious acids. Some of these
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