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esterification

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es·ter·i·fi·ca·tion (-str-f-kshn)
n.
A chemical reaction resulting in the formation of at least one ester product.

es·teri·fied (-str-fd) adj.

esterification
conversion of an acid into an ester by combination with an alcohol and removal of a molecule of water.


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A circulating pump mixes the ingredients together in a tank where the esterification (chemical reaction) process takes place.
These particles then serve as a substrate for lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase, leading to the esterification of cholesterol.
She identified economical feed-stocks, such as tall oil acids deriving from pine trees which upon esterification with select alcohols resulted in ester plasticizers with a glass transition temperature of minus 130[degrees]C.
 
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