Action of Hydrated and Nonhydrated Salts on Saponification. 105 



The following curves show the percentages of methyl formate sapon- 

 ified with normal, half-normal, and quarter-normal solutions of salts. 



Time 4 hours 



Temperature.- 1 5 

 Estei methyl formate 



CaClj 



MgN0 3 

 5rCI 2 



BaCl 2 

 BaBr z 



CatNOa) 



UNO;, 



KCI 



CaBr z 



SrBr 2 



NaBr 



M.gSO* 



Li Br 



H 2 



KI 



Li.SO* 



Concentration of salt solutions 

 FIGURE 12. 



