saponification

Interestingly, one of the beneficial uses of hot-fat saponification is in the kitchen:

Archive 2009-06-01 Heather McDougal 2009

Interestingly, one of the beneficial uses of hot-fat saponification is in the kitchen:

A Bit of Soap Heather McDougal 2009

All modern re-refineries today rely on crucial cleansing processes -- yet, when vegetable-based and animal fat-based products are subjected to these necessary and unavoidable steps, an unwanted chemical reaction known as "saponification" occurs.

Joan Brunwasser: A Motor Oil Company That's Both Green and Responsible? Check Out Universal Lubricants Joan Brunwasser 2011

All modern re-refineries today rely on crucial cleansing processes -- yet, when vegetable-based and animal fat-based products are subjected to these necessary and unavoidable steps, an unwanted chemical reaction known as "saponification" occurs.

Joan Brunwasser: A Motor Oil Company That's Both Green and Responsible? Check Out Universal Lubricants Joan Brunwasser 2011

All modern re-refineries today rely on crucial cleansing processes -- yet, when vegetable-based and animal fat-based products are subjected to these necessary and unavoidable steps, an unwanted chemical reaction known as "saponification" occurs.

Joan Brunwasser: A Motor Oil Company That's Both Green and Responsible? Check Out Universal Lubricants Joan Brunwasser 2011

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.

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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 1840-1916 1913

All modern re-refineries today rely on crucial cleansing processes -- yet, when vegetable-based and animal fat-based products are subjected to these necessary and unavoidable steps, an unwanted chemical reaction known as "saponification" occurs.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Joan Brunwasser 2011

When organic matters (resins, waxes, oils) are decomposed by inorganic solutions, one speaks of "saponification".

4. Selection of Chemicals 1993

a process called saponification, as medicine for heavy cough and as animal lick, and unwashed salt that is on high demand in factories for preserving fish and animal hides and skins.

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