Melting Behaviour of Fatty Alcohols and Their Binary Blends

Department of Chemical Technology, University of Bombay, Bombay-400 019

Manuscript received 27 December 1984, accepted 3 June 1985

The m.p. or pure fatty alcohols from undecyl to nonadecyl are determined along with those of their corresponding pure fatty acids and their methyl esters ; alternation in m.ps. does not occur in fatty alcohol series unlike the other two. Eutectic formation does not take place in the binary blends of fatty alcohols, but a maximum depression of the m.p. of the lower homologue occurs in presence or 11.0 ± 1.0 mole percent or higher one in the blend.