szappanosítás
Szappanosítás is the Hungarian term for saponification, a chemical process. It refers to the hydrolysis of esters into a salt of a carboxylic acid and an alcohol. This reaction is typically carried out with a strong base such as sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide. The base attacks the ester molecule, breaking the ester bond and forming the carboxylate salt and the alcohol.
In a common and historically significant application, szappanosítás is the process by which fats and oils are
The reaction can be represented generally. For a simple ester RCOOR', reacting with a base like NaOH,