Benzene → Silver behenate

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Into 100 ml benzene at 60° C, 3.4 g of behenic acid was dissolved and further 100 ml of water was added to the solution at 60° C with stirring to produce an emulsion. To the emulsion, 100 ml of an aqueous solution silver ammine complex salt at 10° C was added to form fine particles of silver behenate. The aqueous silver ammine complex salt solution was prepared by adding an aqueous ammonia solution to about 80 ml of an aqueous solution containing 1.7 g of silver nitrate and then adding water to make the total volume 100 ml.

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