Soap Analysis
Regardless of liquid or solid soap, we often use soap in our daily lives. We can also call it a basic cleaning material. Soap is defined as the NA and K salts of long-chain organic fatty acids, and because they contain hydrophobic parts, they are products that have the ability to hold oil and dirt particles.While we need to wash our hands frequently during the day, we cannot ignore the importance of soap. Soap is the product we need most in our homes, in our children's schools, in the workplace, and in public toilets. Of course, like many products, soap is produced in line with certain conditions and offered to the consumer.
Produced soaps need to pass some tests and analyzes for their suitability or value to be known. In general, soap analysis services that you will receive from an accredited laboratory can be listed as follows:
- Determination of Total Alkali Content
- Determination of Total Free Alkalinity
- Amount of Free Fatty Acid
- Determination of Unsaponifiable, Unsaponifiable and Saponifiable Substance
- Determination of Insoluble / Soluble Substance Amount in Ethanol (Alcohol)
- Determination of Resin Acids
- Determination of Chloride
- Determination of Inorganic Salts
- Determination of Free Caustic Alkali, determination of NaOH/KOH
The tests we mentioned above can be called general soap quality tests. Therefore, they are the basic tests performed on soaps.
