saponification (Crossword)

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  1. Chemical reaction
  2. French word in the English language
  3. French word used in English
  4. Hydrolysis of esters in the presence of strong soluable bases
  5. Reaction

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• Saponification The process of saponifying
• Hydrolysis of esters in the presence of strong soluable bases
• Process of converting fat into soap or to remove grease and oil
• Conversion into soap, denoting the hydrolytic action of an alkali on fat
• The alkaline hydrolysis of triacylglycerols toform fatty acids in soaps
• The process in which a paint binder, under moist and alkaline conditions
• The deposit of a gray scum or gray dust on the inside surface of a subgrade wall or floor
• In chemistry, the hydrolysis (splitting) of an ester by treatment with a strong alkali
• Saponification is the process by which an oil or fat is decompossed by reaction with an alakli and converted into a soap
• A coating defect caused by the reaction of the binder with the substrate or attack of the film by an alkali resulting in a 'soapy' film

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