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Question
What is a soap ?
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Solution
Soaps:Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of higher acids such as lauric (C11H23COOH) , palmitic acid(C15H31COOH) , stearic acid (C15H31COOH) , oleic acid (C17H33COOH) or linoleic acid (C17H31COOH) .
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