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Definition of Saponification
1. Noun. A chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap).
Definition of Saponification
1. n. The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate.
Definition of Saponification
1. Noun. (chemistry) The hydrolysis of an ester under basic conditions to form an alcohol and the salt of the acid. ¹
2. Noun. The reaction of a metallic alkali (base) with a fat or oil to form soap. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Saponification
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Saponification
1. The alkaline hydrolysis of triacylglycerols toform fatty acids in soaps. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saponification
Literary usage of Saponification
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1921)
"CHAPTER II saponification OF FATS AND WAXES THE chemical change which takes place on
... The term " saponification " is almost exclusively used in practice, ..."
2. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"In the first instance, it will be noted that the waxes are characterised by such
low saponification values, that these numbers alone afford a ready means of ..."
3. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"It will further be seen that the majority of oils and fats have a saponification
value lying in the neighbourhood of 193. In the case of an unknown sample, ..."
4. Practical Physical Chemistry by Alexander Findlay (1920)
"B.—REACTIONS OF THE SECOND ORDER saponification of Esters by Alkalis. ...
Determine the Velocity of saponification of Ethyl Acetate with Sodium Hydroxide. ..."
5. A Treatise on Chemistry Applied to the Manufacture of Soap and Candles by Campbell Morfit (1856)
"There are several modes of saponification: 1. By bases; 2. By acids; 3. By heat; 4.
By fermentation. Before proceeding, however, to the consideration of the ..."
6. Chemical Technology, Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to Arts and Manufactures by Charles Edward Groves, William Thorp, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Thomas Richardson, Edmund Ronalds, Henry Watts, William Joseph Dibdin (1895)
"I. saponification, with Lime. Two different processes of saponification are ...
Apparatus for Lime saponification (section and plan). which reaches to the ..."
7. The Practical Methods of Organic Chemistry by Ludwig Gattermann (1898)
"By saponification in a narrow sense is understood the splitting up of an ...
saponification may be conducted either in an alkaline or an acid solution. ..."
8. Theoretical Chemistry from the Standpoint of Avogadro's Rule & Thermodynamics by Walther Nernst (1904)
"The saponification velocity of the stronger bases in fairly extended dilution is
... The saponification velocity of ammonia is exceedingly depressed by the ..."
9. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1921)
"CHAPTER II saponification OF FATS AND WAXES THE chemical change which takes place on
... The term " saponification " is almost exclusively used in practice, ..."
10. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"In the first instance, it will be noted that the waxes are characterised by such
low saponification values, that these numbers alone afford a ready means of ..."
11. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"It will further be seen that the majority of oils and fats have a saponification
value lying in the neighbourhood of 193. In the case of an unknown sample, ..."
12. Practical Physical Chemistry by Alexander Findlay (1920)
"B.—REACTIONS OF THE SECOND ORDER saponification of Esters by Alkalis. ...
Determine the Velocity of saponification of Ethyl Acetate with Sodium Hydroxide. ..."
13. A Treatise on Chemistry Applied to the Manufacture of Soap and Candles by Campbell Morfit (1856)
"There are several modes of saponification: 1. By bases; 2. By acids; 3. By heat; 4.
By fermentation. Before proceeding, however, to the consideration of the ..."
14. Chemical Technology, Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to Arts and Manufactures by Charles Edward Groves, William Thorp, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Thomas Richardson, Edmund Ronalds, Henry Watts, William Joseph Dibdin (1895)
"I. saponification, with Lime. Two different processes of saponification are ...
Apparatus for Lime saponification (section and plan). which reaches to the ..."
15. The Practical Methods of Organic Chemistry by Ludwig Gattermann (1898)
"By saponification in a narrow sense is understood the splitting up of an ...
saponification may be conducted either in an alkaline or an acid solution. ..."
16. Theoretical Chemistry from the Standpoint of Avogadro's Rule & Thermodynamics by Walther Nernst (1904)
"The saponification velocity of the stronger bases in fairly extended dilution is
... The saponification velocity of ammonia is exceedingly depressed by the ..."
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