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INCI names often differ greatly from systematic chemical nomenclature or from more common trivial names and is a mixture of conventional scientific names, Latin and English words. INCI nomenclature conventions "are continually reviewed and modified when necessary to reflect changes in the industry, technology, and new ingredient developments". [2]
Turkey red oil, also called sulphonated (or sulfated) castor oil, is made by adding sulfuric acid to vegetable oils, most notably castor oil. [52] It was the first synthetic detergent after ordinary soap. It is used in formulating lubricants, softeners, and dyeing assistants. [52]
A handmade soap bar Two equivalent images of the chemical structure of sodium stearate, a typical ingredient found in bar soaps Emulsifying action of soap on oil. Soap is a salt of a fatty acid (sometimes other carboxylic acids) used for cleaning and lubricating products as well as other applications. [1]
Commercial dubbin contains petroleum jelly (petrolatum), paraffin wax, neatsfoot oil, and naphtha (C10-12 alkane/cycloalkane). [2] More traditional dubbin can be made with beeswax, fish oil and lard. [3] The name dubbin is a contraction of the gerund dubbing, describing the action of applying the wax to leather. [4]
A Brazilian wax can be pretty painful — remember, it involves the use of hot wax to rip hair from your nether regions. But the good news (!) is that the pain is typically brief.
Coconut oil is an important base ingredient for the manufacturing of soap. Soap made with coconut oil tends to be hard, though it retains more water than soap made with other oils and thus increases manufacturer yields. It is more soluble in hard water and salt water than other soaps allowing it to lather more easily. [83]
Sperm oil cannot be easily hydrogenated, and thus could not be used to make soap or margarine. [14] [15] It is fairly resistant to oxidization. [16] Spermaceti is a liquid wax, composed mostly of wax esters (chiefly cetyl palmitate) and a smaller proportion of triglycerides, [17] with oleic acid being the most common fatty acid. The proportion ...
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