Saponification number

Description

A measure of the amount of fatty acids in a material. The saponification number is the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to saponify 1 gram of a fatty oil or grease.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Verseifungszahl (Deut.); saponification value

Authority

• R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 950

• Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997