Look up: saponification

1. Saponification
   Hydrolysis of esters in the presence of strong soluable bases.
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2. saponification
   [n] - a chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap)
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3. Saponification
   A coating defect caused by the reaction of the binder with the substrate or attack of the film by an alkali resulting in a 'soapy' film.
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4. Saponification
   Hydrolysis of esters in the presence of strong soluable bases.
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5. saponification
   saponify; saponified; saponifies. The hydrolysis of esters using hot sodium hydroxide solution to produce the salt of a carboxylic acid. Usually saponification refers to the hydrolysis of esters of fatty acids to manufacture soaps.
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6. Saponification
   Process of converting fat into soap or to remove grease and oil
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7. saponification
   the making of a soap; 2)the hydrolysis of an ester into an alcohol and acid Category: Medicine • the alkali forms soap with any free fatly acids and also splits the flats, a process known as --, giving soapy products. These can emulsify the oils and waxes.. Category: Chemistry
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8. Saponification
   Sa·pon`i·fi·ca'tion noun [ Confer French saponification . See Saponify .] The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chemistry) , the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate.
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9. saponification
   The alkaline hydrolysis of triacylglycerols toform fatty acids in soaps. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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10. saponification
    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)
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11. saponification
    (sә-pon″ĭ-fĭ-ka´shәn) conversion of an oil or fat into a soap by combination with an alkali. In chemistry, the term now denotes the hydrolysis of an ester by an alkali, resulting in the production of a free alcohol and an alkali salt of the ester acid.
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12. Saponification
    • (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.
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13. saponification
    (from the article `sperm oil`) ...lubricants that resisted extreme pressures. These were commonly used in mechanical transmissions, high-speed machinery, and precision instruments. ... ...During this process a slow chemical splitting of the neutral fat took place; the fatty acids could then react with the alkali carbonates of the ... ...
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14. saponification
    saponification The process of saponifying; the decomposition of a fat by the addition of an alkali that combines with its fatty acids to form a soap, the remaining constituent, glycerine, being consequently liberated.
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15. Saponification
    Saponification is a process that produces soap, usually from fats and lye. In technical terms, saponification involves base (usually caustic soda NaOH) hydrolysis of triglycerides, which are esters of fatty acids, to form the sodium salt of a carboxylate. In addition to soap, such traditional sapon...
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16. Saponification
    The deposit of a gray scum or gray dust on the inside surface of a subgrade wall or floor; as the result of moisture moving through the concrete and washing certain chemicals from the concrete mass.
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17. Saponification
    Saponification is the process by which an oil or fat is decompossed by reaction with an alakli and converted into a soap.
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18. saponification
    Type: Term Pronunciation: să-pon′i-fi-kā′shŭn Definitions: 1. Conversion into soap, denoting the hydrolytic action of an alkali on fat, especially on triacylglycerols; in histochemistry, saponification is used to demethylate or reverse blockage of carboxylic acid groups, thus permitting basophilia to occur.
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19. saponification
    In chemistry, the hydrolysis (splitting) of an ester by treatment with a strong alkali, resulting in the liberation of the alcohol from which the ester had been derived and a salt of the constituent fatty acid. The process is used in the manufacture of soap
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20. Saponification
    The process or reaction of combining a base (fat) with an alkali (sodium hydroxide) to produce a salt (soap) and a free alcohol (glycerin).
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21. SAPONIFICATION
    The process in which a paint binder, under moist and alkaline conditions, becomes transparent or discolored.
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22. Saponification
    Hydrolysis of esters in the presence of strong soluable bases.
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23. Saponification
    Process of converting fat into soap or to remove grease and oil
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24. SAPONIFICATION
    The process in which a paint binder, under moist and alkaline conditions, becomes transparent or discolored.
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