Myristic Acid → Tetradecanoic acid, strontium salt (2:1)

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100 of myristic acid which has been granulated from an aqueous emulsion as described in Example 1 (AN 246, titer 53° C. particle size 0.2-0.3 mm.) and 60.2 g strontium hydroxide octahydrate (97% active) are suspended in one liter of water at 50° C. temperature and stirred for 30 minutes at 50° C. followed by 60 minutes of agitation at 70° C. The hollow formed granulate is filtered and dried. The content of free fatty acid amounts to 1.7%.

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