chemical name of soap and detergent
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Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long chain carboxylic acids. The formula for soapis C₁₇H₃₅COONa, or sodium stearate,Detergents: Detergents are generally ammonium or sulphonate salts of long chain carboxylic acids.
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A number of fats and oils are heated and mixed with a liquid alkali to produce soap and water (neat soap) plus glycerine. Fats and oils are hydrolyzed with a high-pressure steam to get crude fatty acids and glycerine. The fatty acids are purified by distillation and neutralized with an alkali to produce soap.
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