Soap Making
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 3:37 am
Hi Science Buddies,
I performed the experiment on soap making from ‘The Chemistry of Clean : Make Your Own Soap to Study Soap Synthesis’, but I’m having trouble with explaining the chemistry behind the purification.
I understand that after each round of salt purification the pH will decrease as NaOH is removed. But I’m struggling to explain why the pH initially increases after the first purification.
I did the experiment 5x and it always increased the first time.
I’d really appreciate any help given as to why the pH increases before decreasing. Thank you so much!!
I performed the experiment on soap making from ‘The Chemistry of Clean : Make Your Own Soap to Study Soap Synthesis’, but I’m having trouble with explaining the chemistry behind the purification.
I understand that after each round of salt purification the pH will decrease as NaOH is removed. But I’m struggling to explain why the pH initially increases after the first purification.
I did the experiment 5x and it always increased the first time.
I’d really appreciate any help given as to why the pH increases before decreasing. Thank you so much!!