sodium salt of fatty acid meaning
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Soap is a mixture of sodium salts of various naturally occurring fatty acids. ... If the fatty acid salt has potassium rather than sodium, a softer lather is the result. Soap is produced by a saponification or basic hydrolysis reaction of a fat or oil
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The sodium salts of fatty acids may serve as soaps and can therefore be called sodium soaps.
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