Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A distillation method for water in soaps

  • Published:
Oil & Soap

Conclusion

The use of anhydrous barium chloride for an anti-foaming agent in the distillation method for determining the amount of water in soap, is superior to sodium acetate in respect to speed, ease of handling the test, and finally in respect to leaving more cleanable apparatus. It offers another advantage in that anhydrous BaCl2 is more easily prepared than is anhydrous sodium acetate.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Hart, J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 10,598 (1918).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Dean & Stark, J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 12,486–90 (1920).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Graham, J. Assoc. Offic. Agri. Chem. 9,127–37 (1925).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Church & Wilson, Soap 7, No. 11, 3507 (1931).

    Google Scholar 

  5. F. C. Fuchs, Eng. Mining J. 106,357 (1918).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. The Davies-Young Soap Co., Dayton, Ohio

    Ralf B. Trusler

Authors
  1. Ralf B. Trusler
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

About this article

Cite this article

Trusler, R.B. A distillation method for water in soaps. Oil Soap 16, 239–241 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02543201

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02543201

Keywords

Search

Navigation