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What is the chemical formula of soap?
Asked by Kalita Padmanath | 03 Jun, 2014, 07:55: PM
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- Soaps are sodium and potassium salts of long chain fatty acids consisting 12 to 18 carbon atoms.
- Soaps are denoted by the general formula RCOO-Na+, where R is any long chain alkyl group consisting 12 to 18 carbon atoms.
- Some common examples of fatty acids that are used in soaps are stearic acid having chemical formula C17H35COOH, palmitic acid having chemical formula C15H31COOH.
- So sodium salts of these acids are C17H35COO-Na+, C15H31COO-Na+.
Answered by Prachi Sawant | 04 Jun, 2014, 10:16: AM
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