Head-to-head

High Oleic Safflower Oil vs Castor Oil

soft
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1360NaOH SAP B 0.1280A / B = 0.1360 / 0.1280

1.0625

Multiply your lye amount by 1.0625 when swapping High Oleic Safflower Oil for Castor Oil.

Inverse 0.9412 when swapping Castor Oil for High Oleic Safflower Oil.

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g High Oleic Safflower Oil
68.00 g NaOH
500 g Castor Oil
64.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
64.00 × 1.0625 = 68.00
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilCastor OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1360

0.1280

+0.0080
KOH SAP (pure)

0.1900

0.1800

+0.0100
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2111

0.2000

+0.0111
Iodine value

93

86

+7
INS

97

95

+2
Max % of oils

20%

10%

+10
Hardness class

soft

soft

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Trace

slows

accelerates

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INCI (pre-sap)

Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil

Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Safflowerate

Sodium Ricinoleate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Safflowerate

Potassium Ricinoleate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilCastor OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Myristic C14:0

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Palmitic C16:0

5.0%

1.0%

+4.0
Stearic C18:0

2.0%

1.0%

+1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

90.0%

-90.0
Oleic C18:1

77.0%

4.0%

+73.0
Linoleic C18:2

15.0%

4.0%

+11.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

0.0%

0.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricHigh Oleic Safflower OilCastor OilΔ A−B
Hardness

7.0

2.0

+5.0
Cleansing

0.0

0.0

0.0
Conditioning

92.0

98.0

-6.0
Bubbly lather

0.0

90.0

-90.0
Creamy lather

7.0

92.0

-85.0
Longevity

7.0

2.0

+5.0