Recent content by galanda

You are absolutely right! I'm not saying you can't soap with technical grade NaOH, as long as you adjust calculation it works fine. But, tech grade NaOH contains more impurities. Not only thay can alter saponification, but also those impurities have higher levels of heavy metals. Technical...

The European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) defines NaOH(White, crystalline masses, supplied as pellets, sticks or slabs) as not less than 97.0 per cent and not more than the equivalent of 100.5 per cent of total alkali, calculated as NaOH. I'm pretty sure US Pharmacopoeia has same or simmilar...

Both alcohol and water are polar molecules,but alcohol is less polar than water. Therefore, polar molecules and ionic compounds (e.g. salts) dissolve less in alcohol. On the other hand, alcohol is organic molecule and water is inorganic and hence organic molecules would not dissolve in water but...

Hi everyone! I've been lurking for quiet some time and finally decided to join the forum. I am a molecular biologist, and chemistry and botany enthusiast who makes soaps, bath bombs, body butters,creams and everything else bath&body related that comes to my mind as a hobby. I'm not new to...