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Sodium Oleate: Oleic Acid Boiled with Caustic Soda
Sodium oleate is the soap of oleic acid, used as an emulsifier. Hurst's works recipe, in Thorpe's Dictionary (1912), boils 112 lb of oleic acid in hot water with 16½ lb of caustic soda until the soap is fully formed. Here we stop at that soap solution. Caustic soda burns skin and eyes: goggles and gloves.
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Instructions
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Dissolve the soda
Dissolve the soda
Dissolve 16½ lb of caustic soda (Hurst's was 77 % strength) in 10 gallons of water.
Materials for this step:
Sodium Hydroxide - Lab Grade16.5 lbsTools needed:
Water
Balance Scale
Large Stainless Steel Pot
Chemical Splash Goggles
Rubber Gloves2
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Mix with oleic acid and boil
Mix with oleic acid and boil
Mix 112 lb of oleic acid with 20 gallons of hot water, add the soda solution and boil, stirring, until the sodium oleate has completely formed.
Materials for this step:
Oleic Acid112 lbsTools needed:
WaterLarge Stainless Steel Pot
Hot Plate
StirrerChemical Splash GogglesRubber GlovesMaterials
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