Answer to Question #131046 in General Chemistry for Rashad

Question

What is the Practical use of Acid number and Saponification number?

Answer 1

The acid number is an estimate of groups of carboxylic acid in chemical compounds, for example, fatty acids. It is practically used to determine the acidity of a substance.

The saponification number can be defined as the number of potassium hydroxide in milligrams that are required to convert 1 gram of fat under the conditions defined. It is practically used to determine all molecules' average weights in the present chain of fatty acid.