Saponification number
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Description
A measure of the amount of fatty acids in a material. The saponification number is the number of milligrams of hydroxide 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, R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966
- G.S.Brady, G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 950
- Richard S. Lewis, Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
- Random House, Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997