{"id":14614,"date":"2022-11-20T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T04:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aplustopper.com\/?p=14614"},"modified":"2022-11-21T10:19:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T04:49:10","slug":"saponification-soap-making-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aplustopper.com\/saponification-soap-making-process\/","title":{"rendered":"What is saponification in soap making?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is saponification in soap making?<\/h2>\n

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What is soap?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long-chain fatty acids<\/li>\n
  2. The general formula of a soap can be written as RCOO–<\/sup>Na+<\/sup> or RCOO–<\/sup>K+<\/sup>, where R is an alkyl group usually containing 12 or 18 carbon atoms. R can be saturated or unsaturated.
    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Soap<\/strong><\/td>\nFormula<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Sodium laurate<\/td>\nCH3<\/sub>(CH2<\/sub>)10<\/sub>COO–<\/sup>Na+<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Sodium palmitate<\/td>\nCH3<\/sub>(CH2<\/sub>)14<\/sub>COO–<\/sup>Na+<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Potassium stearate<\/td>\nCH3<\/sub>(CH2<\/sub>)16<\/sub>COO–<\/sup>K+<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Potassium oleate<\/td>\nCH3<\/sub>(CH2<\/sub>)7<\/sub>CH=CH(CH2<\/sub>)7<\/sub>COO–<\/sup>K+<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The history of soap manufacturing<\/strong><\/p>\n