Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Coconut Oil (76 deg) vs Palm Oil (RSPO)

hard
hard

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1830NaOH SAP B 0.1420A / B = 0.1830 / 0.1420

1.2887

Multiply your lye amount by 1.2887 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Palm Oil (RSPO).

Inverse 0.7760 when swapping Palm Oil (RSPO) for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
500 g Palm Oil (RSPO)
71.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
71.00 × 1.2887 = 91.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Palm Oil (RSPO)Δ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1830

0.1420

+0.0410
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2570

0.1990

+0.0580
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2856

0.2211

+0.0644
Iodine value

10

53

-43
INS

258

145

+113
Max % of oils

30%

50%

-20
Hardness class

hard

hard

—
Trace

accelerates

neutral

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoate

Sodium Palmate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoate

Potassium Palmate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Palm Oil (RSPO)Δ A−B
Lauric C12:0

48.0%

0.0%

+48.0
Myristic C14:0

19.0%

1.0%

+18.0
Palmitic C16:0

9.0%

44.0%

-35.0
Stearic C18:0

3.0%

5.0%

-2.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

8.0%

39.0%

-31.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

10.0%

-8.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Palm Oil (RSPO)Δ A−B
Hardness

79.0

50.0

+29.0
Cleansing

67.0

1.0

+66.0
Conditioning

10.0

49.0

-39.0
Bubbly lather

67.0

1.0

+66.0
Creamy lather

12.0

49.0

-37.0
Longevity

12.0

49.0

-37.0