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The film details the process of soap making, starting with Carl Mason's laboratory demonstration using fat and sodium hydroxide (lye). It explains the chemical reaction known as saponification, where ...

The highly reactive substances used for this, commonly referred to as lye, are potassium hydroxide and/or sodium hydroxide. Since the latter is on the farthest left, it is more reactive.