saponify
verb (used with object)
to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
unsaponifiable
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a word derived from
saponify.
Example Sentences
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Pongam oil, obtained from the beans of the pongam tree, which flourishes in East India, has been suggested as available for the soap industry, but the unsaponifiable matter present would militate against its use.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons
Saponifying Mineral Oil.—This sounds somewhat incongruous, as mineral oil is entirely unsaponifiable.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons
The last traces of solvent remaining in the flask are removed by gently warming in the water-oven, and the flask cooled and weighed, thus giving the amount of unsaponifiable matter.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons
All animal and vegetable oils yield a small quantity—about one per cent.—of unsaponifiable fatty matter, which must be deducted from the result obtained.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various
The residue is then weighed and the original weight of fat taken divided into the weight of the residue × 100 gives the percentage unsaponifiable.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen
