Stainless steel soap
Encyclopedia
A stainless steel soap is a piece of stainless steel
, usually in the shape of a soap
bar. Its advertised purpose is to neutralize or reduce strong odors from the hands, present from handling odorous ingredients such as garlic
, onion
or fish
.
The stainless steel soap has been discussed on the American radio station NPR
. A professor emeritus of chemistry conducted a home self-experiment and did not notice any effect. A theory has been proposed that these soaps work by binding the sulfur compounds of onions and garlic, thereby removing their scent.
Stainless steel
In metallurgy, stainless steel, also known as inox steel or inox from French "inoxydable", is defined as a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5 or 11% chromium content by mass....
, usually in the shape of a soap
Soap
In chemistry, soap is a salt of a fatty acid.IUPAC. "" Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. . Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford . XML on-line corrected version: created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN...
bar. Its advertised purpose is to neutralize or reduce strong odors from the hands, present from handling odorous ingredients such as garlic
Garlic
Allium sativum, commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and rakkyo. Dating back over 6,000 years, garlic is native to central Asia, and has long been a staple in the Mediterranean region, as well as a frequent...
, onion
Onion
The onion , also known as the bulb onion, common onion and garden onion, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The genus Allium also contains a number of other species variously referred to as onions and cultivated for food, such as the Japanese bunching onion The onion...
or fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
.
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
. A professor emeritus of chemistry conducted a home self-experiment and did not notice any effect. A theory has been proposed that these soaps work by binding the sulfur compounds of onions and garlic, thereby removing their scent.