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This page gives a history of the development and use of soaps and detergents. ... A soap-like material found in clay cylinders during the excavation of ancient Babylon is evidence that soapmaking was known as early as 2800 B.C. ... You are here: home Cleaning Products Overview Soaps and Detergents History...
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www.sdahq.org/cleaning/history/
www.sdahq.org/cleaning/history/
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Before we discuss the soap making process we should explain what soap is and the chemical reaction that makes soap. No, this is not a chemical textbook. Some understanding of the chemistry involved, however, will enhance the story of soap's history.
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www.alcasoft.com/soapfact/history.html
www.alcasoft.com/soapfact/history.html
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The History of Soap; A soap-like material found in clay cylinders during the excavation of ancient Babylon is evidence that soap making was known as early as 2800 B.C. ... The History of Soapmaking; B. J. Johnson Company was making soap entirely of vegetable oils, palm and olive. The soap they produced became so popular,
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inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsoap.htm
inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsoap.htm
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Soap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Soap is an anionic surfactant used in conjunction with water for washing and cleaning, which historically comes either in solid bars or in the form of a viscous liquid. Soap consists of sodium or pot...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap
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Throughout its long history the chemical process for the production of soap has not fundamentally changed. Neutral oils or fats are boiled with alkali in a reaction which produces soap and glycerin. ... 12. Miall S. The history of soap. Port Sunlight News (Lever Brothers Ltd). 1931;9: 282-3, 325-9, 361-3.
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www.pharmj.com/Editorial/19991218/articles/soap.html
www.pharmj.com/Editorial/19991218/articles/soap.html
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Soap is a cleansing agent created by the chemical reaction of a fatty acid with an alkali metal hydroxide. Chemically speaking, it is a salt composed of an alkalimetal, such as sodium or potassium, and a mixture of "fatty" carboxylic acids.
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science.jrank.org/pages/6214/Soap.html
science.jrank.org/pages/6214/Soap.html
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4000BC "Purifying Oils", recorded on Hebrew Tablets, mention the use of cleaning aids, possibly ashes, limestone and oil mixed together to make the first recorded "soap".
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www.roostx.com/lye_soap/history.html
www.roostx.com/lye_soap/history.html
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No one knows who first started using soap. There are recipes for soap on Sumerian clay tablets dating from 2500 BC, but the recipes don't say what the soap was used for. Later cultures used a similar mixture - as hair gel.
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www.csmonitor.com/2003/0603/p18s03-hfks.html
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