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What are esters? Part three: Chemistry of the sensory characteristics or why they feel the way they do

November 16, 2019November 16, 2019 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

Catch up on this series: Part one, the chemistry and nomenclature of esters, and part two, types of esters and their sensory characteristics. There are quite a few factors that contribute to the functionality of the ester, that is to say these factors contribute to the viscosity, skin feel, melting point, liquidity, surface tension, and…

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