What is soap ? How is it prepared?
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Answer:
Soap is actually a sodium or potassium salt made by combining an organic acid with an alkali. Soap is prepared from oils or fats. Oils like olive oil, castor oil, palm oil or any animal fat can be used in the manufacture of soap.
Explanation:
Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long chain fatty acids. When triglycerides in fat/oil react with aqueous NaOH or KOH, they are converted into soap and glycerol. This is called alkaline hydrolysis of esters. Since this reaction leads to the formation of soap, it is called the Saponification process.
Answer:
Explanation:A soap is the sodium or potassium salt of a long-chain carboxylic acid or glycerol. The carboxylic acids contain chains of
carbon atoms. Glycerol is an alcohol containing three hydroxy
(OH ) groups.
for e.g.,-
Soap is prepared from oils or fats. Animal fats or oils obtained from plants (olive oils, castor oil on palm oil) are used. Oils or fats are esters of fatty acids or glycerol. When oils or fats are heated with a solution of sodium hydroxide, they split up to form sodium salt of the respective fatty acid and glycerol.