Soap-making Manual, by E. G. Thomssen, Ph. D

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Author

Thomssen, Edgar George, 1886-

Title

Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant.

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Produced by David Clarke, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

TP: Technology: Chemical technology

Subject

Soap

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eBook-No.

34114

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34114

Release Date

October 22, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Soap-Making Manual — A practical handbook on the raw materials, their manipulation, analysis and control in the modern soap plant. — By
2. 2.E. G. Thomssen, Ph. D. — ILLUSTRATED
3. 3.PREFATORY NOTE.
4. 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I — Raw Materials Used in Soap Making. — OILS AND FATS. — NATURE OF A FAT OR OIL USED IN SOAP MANUFACTURE. — SAPONIFICATION DEFINED. — FATS AND OILS USED IN SOAP MANUFACTURE. — FULLER'S EARTH PROCESS FOR BLEACHING TALLOW. — METHOD FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT OF COLOR. — VEGETABLE OILS. — CHROME BLEACHING OF PALM OIL. — AIR BLEACHING OF PALM OIL. — RANCIDITY OF OILS AND FATS. — PREVENTION OF RANCIDITY. — CHEMICAL CONSTANTS OF OILS AND FATS. — OIL HARDENING OR HYDROGENATING. — GREASE. — ROSIN (COLOPHONY, YELLOW ROSIN, RESINA). — ROSIN SAPONIFICATION. — NAPHTHENIC ACIDS. — ALKALIS. — CAUSTIC POTASH. — SODIUM CARBONATE (SODA ASH). — POTASSIUM CARBONATE. — ADDITIONAL MATERIAL USED IN SOAP MAKING. — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.CHAPTER II — Construction and Equipment of a Soap Plant.
7. 7.CHAPTER III — Classification of Soap-Making Methods. — COLD PROCESS. — CARBONATE SAPONIFICATION.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — Classification of Soaps. — LAUNDRY SOAP. — SEMI-BOILED LAUNDRY SOAPS. — SETTLED ROSIN SOAP. — CHIP SOAP. — COLD MADE CHIP SOAPS. — UNFILLED CHIP SOAP. — SOAP POWDERS. — LIGHT OR FLUFFY POWDERS. — Scouring Powders. — SCOURING SOAP. — FLOATING SOAP. — TOILET SOAP. — TALLOW BASE. — PALM BASE. — OLIVE OIL BASE (WHITE). — PALM AND OLIVE BASE. — CHEAPER TOILET SOAPS. — RUN AND GLUED UP SOAPS. — CURD SOAP. — COLD MADE TOILET SOAPS. — PERFUMING AND COLORING TOILET SOAPS. — COLORING SOAP. — MEDICINAL SOAPS. — SULPHUR SOAPS. — TAR SOAP. — SOAPS CONTAINING PHENOLS. — PEROXIDE SOAP. — MERCURY SOAPS. — LESS IMPORTANT MEDICINAL SOAPS. — CASTILE SOAP. — ESCHWEGER SOAP (BLUE MOTTLED). — Transparent Soap. — Cold Made Transparent Soap. — SHAVING SOAPS. — SHAVING POWDER. — SHAVING CREAM. — PUMICE OR SAND SOAPS. — LIQUID SOAPS. — USE OF HARDENED OILS IN TOILET SOAPS. — TEXTILE SOAPS. — SCOURING AND FULLING SOAPS FOR WOOL. — WOOL THROWER'S SOAP. — WORSTED FINISHING SOAPS. — SOAPS USED IN THE SILK INDUSTRY. — SOAPS USED FOR COTTON GOODS. — SULPHONATED OILS. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER V — Glycerine Recovery. — RECOVERY OF GLYCERINE FROM SPENT LYE. — TWITCHELL PROCESS. — AUTOCLAVE SAPONIFICATION. — LIME SAPONIFICATION. — ACID SAPONIFICATION. — AQUEOUS SAPONIFICATION. — SPLITTING FATS WITH FERMENTS. — KREBITZ PROCESS. — DISTILLATION OF FATTY ACIDS. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — Analytical Methods. — ANALYSIS OF FATS AND OILS. — DETERMINATION OF FREE FATTY ACIDS. — MOISTURE. — TITER. — DETERMINATION OF UNSAPONIFIABLE MATTER. — TEST FOR COLOR OF SOAP. — TESTING OF ALKALIS USED IN SOAP MAKING. — SOAP ANALYSIS. — MOISTURE. — FREE ALKALI OR ACID. — ( a ) Alcoholic Method. — ( b ) Bosshard and Huggenberg Method. [14] — Reagents. — MANIPULATION. — INSOLUBLE MATTER. — STARCH AND GELATINE. — TOTAL FATTY AND RESIN ACIDS. — DETERMINATION OF ROSIN. — TOTAL ALKALI. — UNSAPONIFIED MATTER. — SILICA AND SILICATES. — GLYCERINE IN SOAP. — SUGAR IN SOAP. — GLYCERINE ANALYSIS. — SAMPLING. — ANALYSIS. — ACETIN PROCESS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF GLYCEROL. — REAGENTS REQUIRED. — THE METHOD. — WAYS OF CALCULATING ACTUAL GLYCEROL CONTENT. — BICHROMATE PROCESS FOR GLYCEROL DETERMINATION. REAGENTS REQUIRED. — THE METHOD. — NOTES. — SAMPLING CRUDE GLYCERINE. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — Standard Methods for the Sampling and Analysis of Commercial Fats and Oils [22] — Scope, Applicability and Limitations of the Methods. — SCOPE. — APPLICABILITY. — LIMITATIONS. — Sampling. — TANK CARS. — BARRELS, TIERCES, CASKS, DRUMS, AND OTHER PACKAGES. — Analysis. — SAMPLE. — MOISTURE AND VOLATILE MATTER. — INSOLUBLE IMPURITIES. — SOLUBLE MINERAL MATTER. — FREE FATTY ACIDS. — TITER. — UNSAPONIFIABLE MATTER. — IODINE NUMBER—WIJS METHOD. — SAPONIFICATION NUMBER (KOETTSTORFER NUMBER). — MELTING POINT. — CLOUD TEST. — Notes on the Above Methods. — SAMPLING. — MOISTURE AND VOLATILE MATTER. — INSOLUBLE IMPURITIES. — SOLUBLE MINERAL MATTER. — FREE FATTY ACID. — TITER. — UNSAPONIFIABLE MATTER. — MELTING POINT. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.PLANT AND MACHINERY — Illustrations of machinery and layouts of the plant of a modern soap-making establishment.
13. 13.Appendix — Tables marked * are taken from the German Year Book for Soap Industry. — (U. S. BUREAU OF STANDARDS) — THE METRIC SYSTEM. — Length — Mass. — Capacity. — U.S. BUREAU OF STANDARDS TABLE OF METRIC EQUIVALENTS — Length. — Area. — Weight. — Volume. — Capacity. — AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. — TROY (APOTHECARIES') WEIGHT (U. S.) — WINE (APOTHECARIES) LIQUID MEASURE (U. S.) — Physical and Chemical Constants of Fixed Oils and Fats. — ( From Lewkowitsch and other authorities. ) — Physical and Chemical Constants of Fixed Oils and Fats. — ( From Lewkowitsch and other Authorities. ) — *Temperature Correction Table for Hehner's Concentrated Bichromate Solution for Glycerine Analysis — *Table of Important Fatty Acids — *Comparison of Thermometer Scales — *Quantities of Alkali Required for Saponification of Fats of Average Molecular Weight 670 — (Cocoanut Oil, Palmkernel Oil) — *Quantities of Alkali Required for Saponification of Fats of Average Molecular Weight 860 — (Tallow, Cottonseed Oil, Olive Oil, Etc.) — DENSITY AND STRENGTH OF SULPHURIC ACID (SIDERSKY). — *Densities of Potassium Carbonate Solutions at 15 C (Gerlach) — *Constants of Certain Fatty Acids and Triglycerides — PERCENTAGES OF SOLID CAUSTIC SODA AND CAUSTIC POTASH IN CAUSTIC LYES ACCORDING TO BAUME SCALE. — GLYCERINE CONTENT OF MORE COMMON OILS AND FATS USED IN SOAP MAKING. — *Table of Specific Gravities of Pure Commercial Glycerine with Corresponding Percentage of Water. Temperature 15 C. — Table of Percentage, Specific Gravity and Beaume Degree of Pure Glycerine Solutions — *Table of Specific Gravities of Pure Glycerine Solutions with Corresponding Beaume Degree and Percent Water
14. 14.INDEX
15. 15.LITERATURE OF THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES — The Soap-Maker's Book Shelf

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