Soap (English spelling)

Japanese: セッケン(石鹼) - せっけん(英語表記)soap
Soap (English spelling)
A general term for metal salts of higher fatty acids. Fatty acids with 6 or more carbon atoms are called higher fatty acids, but for soap, saturated or unsaturated fatty acids with C7 to C21 , and in practical use C12 to C18, are used. Metal salts include salts of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, aluminum, tin, zinc, lead, cobalt, nickel, etc., but when referring to soap in general, it refers to sodium salts and potassium salts (alkali metal salts), and salts of other metals are called metal soaps to distinguish them.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
高級脂肪酸の金属塩の総称。炭素数6以上の脂肪酸を高級脂肪酸というが,セッケンにはC7~C21,実用上はC12~C18の飽和または不飽和脂肪酸が用いられる。金属塩としては,ナトリウム,カリウム,カルシウム,マグネシウム,アルミニウム,スズ,亜鉛,鉛,コバルト,ニッケルなどの塩があるが,一般にセッケンという場合はナトリウム塩とカリウム塩(アルカリ金属塩)を指し,他の金属塩は金属セッケンと呼んで区別する。

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