Citric acid and stearic acid

naturalcare · Jul 11, 2013

Dear friends,

I want to ask you if citric acid and stearic acid are the same material or not.

Thank you

dagmar88 · Jul 11, 2013

Robert · Jul 11, 2013

naturalcare said:
I want to ask you if citric acid and stearic acid are the same material or not.

They're not even close, except in the academic sense that they're both carboxylic acids.

shunt2011 · Feb 14, 2018

Ramonarae said:
Can one use citric acid in a lotion recipe, but not use stearic acid? What is the difference between the two?

You may want to start a new thread. This post is 5 years old and the OP’s haven’t been here in a long time.

cmzaha · Feb 14, 2018

Shunt is correct it is better to start a new thread. Stearic acid is used as a thicken and stabilizer, citric acid is usually used to bring down ph

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