Question

Formation of soap and detergent. soap

Answer 1

Answer:

Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long chain carboxylic acid.

The are usually formed by a reaction between ester and an alkali or base

ex. CH3COOC2H5OH+ NaOH= CH3COONa+ C2H5OH

                                                      SOAP

Answer 2

Explanation:

$<p style ="Color:cyan; font-family: cursive; background:black;font size25px;"> A number of fats and oils are heated and mixed with a liquid alkali to produce soap and water (neat soap) plus glycerine. Fats and oils are hydrolyzed with a high-pressure steam to get crude fatty acids and glycerine. The fatty acids are purified by distillation and neutralized with an alkali to produce soap.$