explain the term saponification
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Saponification is the process of making soap molecule from the chemical reaction in which fatty esters are hydrolysed in basic conditions.
this process converts fats and oils via basic reaction medium to Salt of fatty acids .
when an acid is reacted with the alkali Sodium Hydroxide the corresponding alcohol and acetic acid in the form of its sodium salt obtained this reaction is called saponification reaction as it is used for preparation of Soap from fats .
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