animal fat, the rendered fat of cattle and sheep; white and almost tasteless when pure.
Harder than grease, composed of glycerides of fatty acids, containing a large proportion of palmitic acid and steric acid. It is used to make candles, soap and glycerol margarine.
It permits excess air to be released from the expansion tank prior to heat-up of the system.
A brittle white deliquescent solid KOH that dissolves with much heat in less than its weight of water to form a strong alkaline and caustic solution, also called Caustic Potash.