Fatty Acid - C12 Production Cost Reports

Fatty Acid - C12 production cost report provides a comprehensive analysis and know-how for setting up a Fatty Acid - C12 production plant. The study covers all the requisite aspects that one needs to know for the production of Fatty Acid - C12. This includes manufacturing processes, raw material requirements, utility requirements, infrastructure requirements, machinery and technology requirements, manpower requirements, packaging requirements, transportation requirements, etc.

Fatty Acid - C12 or Lauric acid (C12H24O2) is a saturated medium-chain fatty acid with a 12-carbon atom chain. It is a naturally occurring acid that is found in many plant and animal fats and oils. It is a major part of coconut and palm kernel oil.

The acid appears to be a powdery, white crystalline acid with a feeble smell of oil of bay. It is soluble in alcohols, water, haloalkanes, phenyls, and acetates. It is non-toxic, cheap, safe to handle, and has a longer shelf life. It has a molar mass of 200.32 g/mol. It has a water solubility of ≈1 mg/L*. Its melting point is 44–46 ºC.

Fatty Acid - C12 is extensively used as an intermediate and surface-active agent for manufacturing personal care products for consumers like soaps and cosmetics, along with scientific laboratory uses typically to find out the molar mass of unknown substances via freezing-point depression. It is also used as an intermediate and as a surface-active agent. Furthermore, it is employed in cleaning, furnishing, and producing personal care products.

It also has usage as a medicine for the treatment of viral infections like common cold, cold sores, yeast infections, chlamydia, bronchitis, flu, genital herpes, fever blisters, gonorrhoea, and many other conditions which propel the market growth. In addition, in food items, it finds use as a vegetable shortening. It is considered among the best acids with antimicrobial properties, which makes it a great addition to skincare products. It also exhibits calming and acne-preventing properties furthering the market expansion.