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What (who) is Saponify - definition
PROCESS THAT INVOLVES CONVERSION OF FAT OR OIL INTO SOAP AND ALCOHOL BY THE ACTION OF HEAT IN THE PRESENCE OF AQUEOUS ALKALI
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Saponify
·vt To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate.
saponify
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¦ verb (saponifies, saponifying, saponified) Chemistry turn (fat or oil) into soap by reaction with an alkali.
?convert (any ester) into an alcohol and a salt by alkaline hydrolysis.
Derivatives
saponifiable adjective
saponification noun
Origin
C19: from Fr. saponifier, from L. sapo, sapon- 'soap'.
Saponified
·Impf & ·p.p. of Saponify.
Wikipedia
Saponification
Saponification is a process of converting esters into soaps and alcohols by the action of aqueous alkali (for example, aqueous sodium hydroxide solutions). Soaps are salts of fatty acids, which in turn are carboxylic acids with long carbon chains. Sodium stearate is a typical soap.
