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unsaponifiable
Derived word form of saponify

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This fat is somewhat tough and sticky, and the amount of unsaponifiable matter present is sometimes considerable.

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

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 Simmons, W. H.

The unsaponifiable matter in these is purely natural, it will be seen it varies within wide limits.

From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Beech, Franklin

This, however, is unsaponifiable, and cannot be made into soap; at the same time when it gets into, as it does, the recovered wool grease it spoils the latter for soap-making purposes.

From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Beech, Franklin

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.

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