The Chemistry of Hair
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MR. J. PICKTHALL.' When talking of H.L.B. values, the speaker has referred to the oil solubility of calcium soaps. Are these soaps in fact oil soluble in the sense that we are considering ? In discussing the emulsifying action of the calcium soaps, the speaker has compared them with glyceryl distearate and aluminium stearate. Glyceryl distearate is indeed oil soluble but commercial aluminium stearate cannot be regarded as a true metal soap.
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