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Definition of Saponifies
1. saponify [v] - See also: saponify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saponifies
Literary usage of Saponifies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1852)
"Hydrate of magnesia with water saponifies soap with the aid of heat; but the
saponification takes several days, and even then is not complete. ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"A still more interesting observation is that of Bredig and Fajans,7 who found
that nicotine used as a catalyzer saponifies d-camphoric acid faster than the ..."
3. The Analyst (1879)
"The sample contained two different resins, one of which saponifies readily ...
and the other saponifies with somewhat more difficulty, but forms a far less ..."
4. The Analyst by Society of Public Analysts (Great Britain). (1880)
"The sample contained two different resins, one of which saponifies readily ...
and the other saponifies with somewhat more difficulty, but forms a far less ..."
5. American Druggist (1888)
"Oil of corn saponifies immediately, forming with ammonia a smooth, creamy emulsion
... With ammonia or solutions of caustic alkalies it rapidly saponifies, ..."
6. On fermentation by Paul Schützenberger (1893)
"sugar, and saponifies fatty substances. We may well ask if this multiple ...
As to the ferment which saponifies the fatty matters, it has not yet been ..."
7. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"B. Unger (1869) prepares a soap in the following manner :—He saponifies palm-oil
with soda- ley and salt as usual. ..."
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