I understood that triglcerides present in fats both aninmal and vegetable, are split with sodium hydroxide to produce soap and glycerin as a by product.
johnep
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I understood that triglcerides present in fats both aninmal and vegetable, are split with sodium hydroxide to produce soap and glycerin as a by product.
johnep
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i was under the impression that most glycerin these days is produced as a byproduct of the palm oil fuel (& cosmetics) industry now instead of the old way of boiling down animal fats...
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I stand corrected, however set me off on a google search as looks interesting to me.
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