Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Coconut Oil (76 deg) vs Palm Kernel Oil

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1830NaOH SAP B 0.1770A / B = 0.1830 / 0.1770

1.0339

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0339 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Palm Kernel Oil.

Inverse 0.9672 when swapping Palm Kernel Oil for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
500 g Palm Kernel Oil
88.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
88.50 × 1.0339 = 91.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Palm Kernel OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1830

0.1770

+0.0060
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2570

0.2470

+0.0100
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2856

0.2744

+0.0111
Iodine value

10

18

-8
INS

258

227

+31
Max % of oils

30%

30%

0
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

accelerates

accelerates

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Kernel Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoate

Sodium Palm Kernelate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoate

Potassium Palm Kernelate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Palm Kernel OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

48.0%

49.0%

-1.0
Myristic C14:0

19.0%

16.0%

+3.0
Palmitic C16:0

9.0%

8.0%

+1.0
Stearic C18:0

3.0%

2.0%

+1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

8.0%

15.0%

-7.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

2.0%

0.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Palm Kernel OilΔ A−B
Hardness

79.0

75.0

+4.0
Cleansing

67.0

65.0

+2.0
Conditioning

10.0

17.0

-7.0
Bubbly lather

67.0

65.0

+2.0
Creamy lather

12.0

10.0

+2.0
Longevity

12.0

10.0

+2.0