Question

define saponification

Answer 1

medical Definition of saponification. 1 : the hydrolysis of a fat by an alkali with the formation of a soap and glycerol. 2 : the hydrolysis especially by an alkali of an ester into the corresponding alcohol and acid; broadly : hydrolysis.

Answer 2

Saponification is a reaction in which veg oil or animal fat react with NaOH or KOH in presence of heat energy to form sodium or pottasuim salt of long chain carboxylic acid (Soap) and glycerol (alcohol)

Veg oil /animal fat (natural esters) + NaOH /KOH = soap + glycerol