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What is a soap?
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Solution
Soap is a mixture of sodium or potassium salts of various natural fatty acids and oils that, when used with water, exhibit cleansing properties. A soap contains a large, non-ionic hydrocarbon group and an ionic group COO−Na+.
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Chapter 4: Carbon And Its Compounds - Exercise 3 [Page 320]
