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GENERAL SCIENCE
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Question
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Soap is a mixture of sodium or potassium salts of
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monocarboxylic acids
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glycerol
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dicarboxylic acids
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tricarboxylic acids
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long chain carboxylic acids. It is prepared by heating oil or animal fat with an aqueous solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
Detailed explanation-2: -Potassium salts of fatty acids are commonly called soap salts. They are used as insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and algaecides.
Detailed explanation-3: -Soaps are Sodium/ Potassium salts of long-chain fatty acids, whereas synthetic detergents are Sodium salt of sulphonic acids.
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