Silver Nitrate → Octadecanoic acid, silver(1+) salt (1:1)

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First, silver stearate was prepared by the known procedure. Thus, commercial sodium stearate was dissolved in pure water under heating at 60° C. Separately, an equivalent of silver nitrate was dissolved in pure water and the solution was added to the above aqueous solution of sodium stearate. The silver stearate precipitating out was recovered with a suction filter and dried in a dryer.

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