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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This method of expressing results is subject to error when unsaponifiable fatty matter is present, since the result expresses the ratio of free fatty acid to total saponifiable fatty matter present.
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
Besides these it is often necessary to determine insoluble matter, glycerine, unsaponifiable matter, rosin and sugar.
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
Any blank must be deducted from the weight before calculating unsaponifiable matter.
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
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
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
