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in increasing degree with its concentration in the mixture. In 

 the mixtures containing the larger amounts of sodium oleate, 

 the sodium palmitate floats in masses of silky needles within a 

 liquid menstruum. 



In a third experiment the effects of mixing sodium linolate 

 with sodium stearate were studied. The composition of the 

 mixtures is given in Table XXIV. Fig. 53 shows that when 

 the previously clear mixtures prepared in a boiling water bath 



