Ester (disambiguation)
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The term Ester may have a few meanings:
Food additives and chemistry:
Alaska:
Other:
Food additives and chemistry:
- EsterEsterEsters are chemical compounds derived by reacting an oxoacid with a hydroxyl compound such as an alcohol or phenol. Esters are usually derived from an inorganic acid or organic acid in which at least one -OH group is replaced by an -O-alkyl group, and most commonly from carboxylic acids and...
, a functional group in organic chemistry - Ester C, ascorbyl palmitate, used as an antioxidant food additive
- Ester compound - see EsterEsterEsters are chemical compounds derived by reacting an oxoacid with a hydroxyl compound such as an alcohol or phenol. Esters are usually derived from an inorganic acid or organic acid in which at least one -OH group is replaced by an -O-alkyl group, and most commonly from carboxylic acids and...
- Ester gum, or Ester of wood rosin, a food additive used as an emulsifier and stabiliser
- Ester pyrolysisEster pyrolysisEster pyrolysis in organic chemistry is a vacuum pyrolysis reaction converting esters containing a β-hydrogen atom into the corresponding carboxylic acid and the alkene...
, a vacuum pyrolysis reaction
Alaska:
- Ester, AlaskaEster, AlaskaEster is a census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the 'Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 2,422 at the 2010 census...
, a town - Ester Camp Historic DistrictEster Camp Historic DistrictThe Ester Camp Historic District consists of 11 buildings and three structures located in or near Ester, Alaska. The camp was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, and is significant for its importance in Alaska mining history. The periods of significance are 1900-1924 and...
Other:
- Ester mountains in Germany
- Spanish and Portuguese version of the female name EstherEstherEsther , born Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Biblical Book of Esther.According to the Bible, she was a Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus...
- Typhoon Ester (disambiguation)