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saponification

[ UK /sˌæpənˌɪfɪkˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /səˌpɑnəfəˈkeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap)

How To Use saponification In A Sentence

  • [Footnote: Since the above was put in type Steenbock has shown that the A vitamine resists saponification and that by saponifying fats which contain the A it may be possible to secure a fraction rich in the vitamine and free of fat.] The Vitamine Manual
  • Instead, the moist soil and the lack of air exchange that would occur normally are causing a process called saponification to occur, where the bodies literally turn into a waxy substance similar to soap. Zombie Hitler Is Waiting
  • He demonstrated the reactions occurring when this phenomenon, known as saponification, is brought about by strong bases or strong acids. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
  • For the saponification we employ a solution of sodium ethylate in the cold. Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
  • They are very stable towards chemical reagents; for instance, saponification of a mono-sulphone very rarely yields sulphinic acid. Synthetic Tannins
  • Soap is made by combining a fat source (either animal or vegetable) and an alkali in a chemical process known as saponification.
  • ~ The acetin method of Benedikt and Canton depends upon the conversion of glycerine into triacetin, and the saponification of the latter, and reduces the estimation of glycerine to an acidmetric method. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise
  • Hence, the acetin formed from the glycerol present in 1.4367 grammes of the crude glycerine required 35.75 c.c. N/1 caustic alkali for its saponification, so that the percentage of glycerol may be calculated from the following formula: -- The Handbook of Soap Manufacture
  • They readily form esters with alcohols, which on subsequent saponification with alkali are converted into the esters of the free hydroxybenzoic acids. Synthetic Tannins
  • Nonlinear fitting method is applied to calculate the rate constant of the acetic ether saponification reaction.
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