Rosin taken when melting it. It is soluble in alcohol, ether, benzene and chloroform. Rosin consists mainly of abietic acid, and combines with caustic alkalis to form salts (rosinates or pinates) that are known as rosin soaps. In addition to its extensive use in soap making, rosin is largely employed in making varnishes (including fine violin varnishes), sealing wax and various adhesives. It is also used for preparing shoemakers' wax, for pitching lager beer casks, and numerous other purposes such as providing backing surfaces to tin ware, copper ware, or even silver and gold vessels when embossing or engraving them (its
Hanna Rosin "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central. A character portrayed by actress Chloë Sevigny in the 2003 film "Shattered Glass" about Rosin's colleague at "The New Republic", Stephen Glass, was loosely based on Rosin. Rosin has published a book based on her 2010 "Atlantic" story, "The End of Men". She gave a TED talk on the subject in 2010. In this work she details the emergence of women as a powerful force of the American workplace. For Rosin, this shifting economy has allowed women to use their most gendered stereotypical strengths to succeed. In the past she has specialized in writing