acid value

British  

noun

1. the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to neutralize the free fatty acid in one gram of a fat, oil, resin, etc

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acid value

A measure called free acid value indicates the real amount of acid your skin will be able to use but is almost never disclosed.

From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2018

Those especially important are the acid value, percentage unsaponifiable matter and titer test.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.

The Raw Linseed Oil which was used in these tests had an acid value of 1.84%, which is very low.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.

In the above example:— 5.2 × 5.61 ————— = 15.3 acid value.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.