Soap Manufacturing Technology

Editor

Luis Spitz
L. Spitz, Inc. Highland P&k, Illinois, USA

PRESS
Urbana, Illinois

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AOCS Mission Statement To be a global forum to promote the exchange of ideas, information, and experience, to enhance personal excellence, and to provide high standards of quality among those with a professional interest in the science and technology of fats, oils, surfactants, and related materials. AOCS Books and Special Publications Committee M. Mossoba, Chairperson, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland R. Adlof, USDA, ARS, NCAUR-Retired, Peoria, Illinois M.L. Besemer, Besemer Consulting, Rancho Santa, Margarita, California I? Dutta, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden T. Foglia, ARS, USDA, ERRC, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania V. Huang, Yuanpei University of Science and Technology, Taiwan L. Johnson, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa H. Knapp, DBC Research Center, Billings, Montana D. Kodali, Global Agritech Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota G.R. List, USDA, NCAUR-Retired, Consulting, Peoria, Illinois J.V. Matowski, W i n b o r Laboratories, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania T. McKeon, USDA, ARS, WRRC, Albany, California R. Moreau, USDA, ARS, ERRC, Wyndoor, Pennsylvania A. Sinclair, RMlT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia I? White, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa R. Wilson, USDA, REE, ARS, NPS, CPPVS-Retired, Beltsville, Maryland AOCS Press, Urbana, IL 61802 Q2009 by AOCS Press.All rights reserved. No part ofthis book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission of the publisher. ISBN 978-1-893997-61-5 Library of Congress Cltaloging-in-PublicationData Soap manufacturing technology / editor, Luis Spitz. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 978-1-893997-61-5 (alk. paper) 1. Soap. 1. Spitz, Luis. TP99 1S685 2009 668.12--dc22
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