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All About the Secrets of Soap Making

Soap is to the Body, what Laughter is to the Soul!!
Priyanka Wadhwani
Have you ever tried hands on soap making? It’s fun... trust us!! If you already do, test your knowledge, if not, we are sure you’ll start making soaps after taking this quiz.
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Like every chemical reaction has a scientific name, soap making is called as saponification. It is the process that involves the conversion of fat, oil or lipid, into soap.

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Soap is usually made from a chemical reaction between fats and lye. Other strong alkaline substances can be used to make soap. For eg; potassium hydroxide is used to make soft soaps.
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Saponification is the name of the chemical reaction that produces soap. In this process, animal or vegetable fat is converted into soap.
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Ancient Mesopotamians were first to produce soap by cooking fatty acids – like fat rendered from cow, sheep or goat – together with water and an alkaline like lye, a caustic substance derived from wood ashes.
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Coconut oil is actually drying if used in large quantities. It makes soap that lathers even in hard water.
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Goat milk soaps contains alpha hydro-acids, high proteins and vitamins that are well known for whitening, softening and rejuvenating the skin.
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Cold process soap made with 100% olive oil is known as “Castile” soap. It is thought to originate in the Castile region of Spain – thus the name, Castile soap!
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Colgate-Palmolive Company is an American multinational consumer products company headquartered in New York City. In 1898, this company introduced a soap made of palm and olive oils called Palmolive.
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Cold process soap heats from the inside out, while hot process soap heats from the outside in. Unlike cold process soap, that lasts for 4-6 weeks, hot process soap can be used immediately after it hardens.
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Gone are the days of all natural soaps, wherein natural fats and vegetable oils were the only ingredients used for soap making, these days sodium or potassium hydroxide are synthesised to produce glycerol and fatty acid salts.
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The detergent in soaps breaks the surface tension of water, something we may not notice, but that's crucial for critters such as water striders to get around. Phosphates are low toxicity, they instead cause nutrient pollution and feed the algae.
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Are there also bubbles around? Sure they might be!! We hope you enjoyed this fun quiz on an excellent way of craft, soap making!! Check your scores now..