oleochemicaln.adj.
/ˌəʊlɪəʊˈkɛmᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊlioʊˈkɛmək(ə)l/ Chemistry.
A. n.
A compound obtained industrially from oils or fats of animal or vegetable origin (as opposed to a petrochemical). Usually in plural.
ΚΠ
1962 New Scientist 13 Dec. 647 (advt.) Price's resources and resourcefulness in oleochemicals may already have discovered a solution to your problem.
1977 Chem. Week (Nexis) 30 Mar. 14 We are the smallest industrial company to have an ‘A’ rating from Moody's and Standard & Poor's, but we are the leader in the oleochemicals industry.
1985 Jrnl. Amer. Oil Chemists' Soc. 62 800 Inedible tallow is a major raw material source in the manufacture of fatty acids and hence in the production of oleochemicals.
1999 Chem. in Brit. Mar. 35/2 (advt.) Assured supplies of products such as surfactants, solvents, oleochemicals and performance chemicals.
B. adj.
Of or relating to oleochemicals.
ΚΠ
1962 New Scientist 13 Dec. 647 (advt.) Price's high-quality oleochemical products have helped to solve many of these problems.
1993 Jrnl. Amer. Oil Chemists' Soc. 70 1 Oleochemical surfactants derived from palm oil, palm kernel oil and inedible tallow.
2002 European Jrnl. Lipid Sci. & Technol. 104 178 The future direction of the fat, nutrition and oleochemical industry rests on demands from the consumers.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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