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Potassium hydroxide (KOH) is the alkali most often used in making handmade liquid soaps.
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What are the physical property uses of the compound Sodium Hydroxide?
Sodium Hydroxide is commonly used in cleaning agents in dish liquid soap, and as a drain un-clogger, as it is strong with dissolving things.
What is made by reacting fats or oils with sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide?
soap >;)
What does sodium hydroxide turn grease into?
Sodium hydroxide turns grease into soap.
Where can you buy sodium hydroxide in Costa Rica?
I am also looking for Lye, sodium hydroxide, NaOH, in Costa Rica. I want to use it for soap making. I found a product in the supermarkets called Potasa. It is in the cleaning products isle. The content is "Hidroxio de sodia". I looked that up and I is seems to be the Spanish equivalent word for NaOH. I am going to try making the soap and hopefully it will work out. Good luck.
Where can you buy sodium hydroxide?
You can buy sodium hydroxide (lye, caustic soda) online for soap making. Check out the website in the link below for essentialdepot.com, their Lye is free of impurities and is great for both soap making or food use! If you use the discount code "ship30" you can receive an additional 30% off shipping.
How do you prepare liquid soap for dish and clothes washing?
In the fabrication process of soap potassium hydroxide is used.
Is an iye and acid or base?
A Base . More correctly it is a soluble base, 'Lye' is the commercial name used in soap making for 'sodium hydroxide'. Sodium hydroxide is an alkali ( a soluble base).
What products have alkali in them?
Toothpaste and solid soap- contain "sodium hydroxide". Indigestion tablets- contain "calcium carbonate." Washing powder- contain "sodium bicarbonate". Liquid soap- contain "potassium hydroxide"
What alkali is used in making soap?
The alkali most commonly used today is sodium hydroxide. Potassium hydroxide can also be used.
Why is liquid soap an acid?
The liquid soap has a pH above 7 (alkaline).
Why does a homemade soap get hard?
The answer depends on how the question was meant. Each soap made using sodium hydroxide is hard, not only the home-made one. Soaps made using potassium hydroxide are soft. Sodium soap is not soft per-se, when making at home, it can be anything from liquid to pasty when poured into molds, because we used a substantial amount of water to dissolve lye. Soap further hardens as the water evaporates.
What is potassium base soap?
A soap whose manufacture involves potassium hydroxide is what potassium-based soap is.Specifically, soap-making demands heating fats with a strong base. One such base is potassium hydroxide. The interaction produces potassium salt when the natural fat stearol converts to soap.
Which 4 acids are important for industry?
Aluminum hydroxide and Ammonia, Calcium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide. Aluminum hydroxide is used in color fast fabrics and water purification. ammonia is used in cleaners and fertilizer, Calcium hydroxide is used in leather making and mortar and plaster making. sodium hydroxide is used to make soap.
What is the concentration of sodium hydroxide solution used to make soap?
If you look at most soap making recipes, you will need 9-12M NaOH or KOH.
Name some common alkalis and their uses?
Alkalies include Sodium Hydroxide and the ammonium compounds The main use for these compounds is for cleaning agents. Another use is in soap making.
Why is the hydrolysis of fat called saponification?
The term "Saponification" is an indication of what this reaction originally was used for: making soap. By boiling animal fat or lard with either potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide, the reaction, hydrolysis, produced glycerol and soap.
What are the physical property uses of the compound Sodium Hydroxide?
Sodium Hydroxide is commonly used in cleaning agents in dish liquid soap, and as a drain un-clogger, as it is strong with dissolving things.
