Sodium Palmate

Sodium Palmate

What is it?

Sodium palmate is synthesized by reacting palm oil with sodium hydroxide. This process is called saponification. Saponification is a process that produces soap, usually from fats and lye. Saponification occurs when a fatty acid reacts with an alkali. Palm oil is the fatty acid and sodium hydroxide is the alkali. Glycerol and sodium palmate are the end products of this reaction.
 

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Key Information

• This chemical acts as a surfactant and emulsifying agent and is a key ingredient in soap.

More Information

Used as a base ingredient in soap making and cosmetics. Sodium palmate is a core ingredient in many types of soap and is made from palm oil.

It is often combined with sodium cocoate, coconut oil sodium salt and the sodium salt of animal fat, sodium tallow. Together these three are one the major constituents of modern soap base. Base soap is the pure soap that has had no additional ingredients like color and scent added to it yet.

As base soap ingredients the hardest formulas use a mix of all three (sodium palmate, sodium cocoate, sodium tallow) in various combinations

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