QUALITY ASSESSMENT ON SOME SOAPS SOLD IN NIGERIA

Authors

  • O Idoko CHEMISTRY ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER, SHEDA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX, FCT ABUJA, NIGERIA
  • SA Emmanuel CHEMISTRY ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER, SHEDA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX, FCT ABUJA, NIGERIA
  • AA Salau CHEMISTRY ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER, SHEDA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX, FCT ABUJA, NIGERIA
  • PA Obigwa CHEMISTRY ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER, SHEDA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX, FCT ABUJA, NIGERIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.374.1880

Keywords:

soaps, quality assessment, free alkali, pH, total fatty matter.

Abstract

Fifteen soaps were purchased from the main market in Gwagwalada Area Council of FCT, Nigeria. The soaps are Sunlight, MP3, Canoe, 4B, Glide, Lux, Joy, Imperial leather, Premier, Eva Classique, Dettol, Safeguard, Tetmosol, Septol and Premier cool. The qualities of soaps were assessed based on the following parameters; free caustic alkali, volatile matter, matter insoluble in alcohol(MIA), total fatty matter(TFM), pH, cleaning properties, washing properties and foam/lathering properties. The results obtained showed that all the soaps analyzed are good quality soaps safe for the skin.

 

http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v37i4.37

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Published

2018-09-30

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Agricultural, Bioresources, Biomedical, Food, Environmental & Water Resources Engineering

How to Cite

QUALITY ASSESSMENT ON SOME SOAPS SOLD IN NIGERIA. (2018). Nigerian Journal of Technology, 37(4), 1137-1140. https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.374.1880