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the sweet, sticky molecule that keeps soap smooth and antifreeze from freezing your engine solid.
means a colorless, odorless, syrupy alcohol made of three connected carbons, each holding a hydroxyl group, that loves water and hates letting things dry out.
from from greek glykys, meaning sweet, named by chemist michel-eugene chevreul in the early 1800s after tasting it while studying animal fats and soap-making.
backbone of fatsevery triglyceride is glycerol plus three fatty acids
nobel explosivenitrated, it becomes nitroglycerin, dynamite's key ingredient
humectant heropulls moisture from air into skin and food
nontoxic sweetenertastes sugary but barely spikes blood sugar