What Does Saponified Mean?

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Definition: Saponification is the chemical reaction that occurs when fats or oils (fatty acids) come into contact with lye (a base.) Saponification literally means "soap making" from the root word, "sapo", which is Latin for soap. The by-products of the saponification reaction are glycerin and soap.

Oils and fats will also have what is called a “saponification value”, which is the amount of lye needed to completely neutralize them into soap with no lye left over. Each oil has a different value, which is why it’s important to always run your recipes through a lye calculator.

(Lye is NOT good--that's why a lot of chemical hair relaxers tout "no-lye."  For sensitive skin-ners, soap bars can make the skin TERRIBLY dry!

Saponification is the process of making soap. It is defined as the reaction of an ester with a metallic base and water, i.e. the making of soap. Gray scum or gray dust is deposited on or inside the surface of a subgrade wall or floor as a result of moisture moving through the concrete and washing certain chemicals from the concrete mass. Saponification is the reaction between fats and oils with KOH or NaOH to produce soap. It is a chemical decay of a paint's binder by alkali and moisture from a substrate. The substrate may be new concrete or fresh plaster. Saponified paint may lose its adhesion, deteriorate and get discoloured. It is a combination of lye, fats, oil and water that produces soap. Saponification is the process of converting fat into soap by treating it with an alkali. It is the alkaline hydrolysis of fat or oil to make soap.