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Saponification   /səpˌɑnəfəkˈeɪʃən/   Listen
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Saponification  n.  The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate.






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"Saponification" Quotes from Famous Books



... made of a mixture of goat's milk and sheep's milk. The savor is due to bacterial action and fat saponification, which result in ammonia, glycerine, alcohol, fatty acids and other chemicals in ...
— Maintaining Health • R. L. Alsaker

... 14% of a fatty crystalline material which melts at 39, and after saponification yields a crystalline, fatty acid that may be regarded as a mixture of lauric and muriatic acids. They also contain about 14% of a red, amorphous tonic material which, after drying, is but slightly soluble in cold or ...
— The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines • T. H. Pardo de Tavera



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