NCI: Stearyl Alcohol CAS#:112-92-5 Active matter: 99% min Future Food's Stearyl alcohol is derived from renewable vegetable oils. It is fatty alcohol, readily biodegradable and is GMO-free. Stearyl Alcohol can also be applied directly in skin care and hair care products; as a softener for synthetic leather; lubrication for plastics processing; as an antifoam agent in paper making and wastewater treatment plant; as an evaporation suppressant for water reservoir (to reduce evaporation 50%), etc. Derivatives of the C18 alcohol is used in light- and heavy-duty detergents, laundry pre-softeners, hard surface cleaners, disinfectant, cleaners, metal cleaners, textile processing, pulp and paper processing, wastepaper deinking, agricultural uses in pesticides and soil conditioners, and in metalworking as surface lubricants, etc.