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Alkali vs Superfatting - What's the difference?

alkali | superfatting |

As nouns the difference between alkali and superfatting

is that alkali is one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue while superfatting is the use of excess fat in soapmaking to consume the alkali and give the soap a more moisturizing effect.

alkali

English

(wikipedia alkali)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
  • Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.
  • (Western United States) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.

    • Synonyms

    * (chemistry) base

    Antonyms

    * (chemistry) acid

    Derived terms

    * alkaline * alkali metal

    Related terms

    * alkalied * alkaloid

    See also

    * caustic * pH ----

    superfatting

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The use of excess fat in soapmaking to consume the alkali and give the soap a more moisturizing effect.

    • Related terms

    * superfatted