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Q.What are soaps? How are soaps prepared? Define antiseptic.
Maharashtra MsbshseMaharashtra HSC (MSBSHSE) Board 2020Subjective· 3mImportance★★★★★
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Soaps are fatty-acid salts made by boiling fats with alkali; antiseptics are microbe-killing chemicals safe for skin/wounds.
Soaps: Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long-chain (C12–C18) fatty acids, e.g. sodium stearate, .
Preparation (saponification): Natural fats/oils (glyceryl esters of fatty acids) are boiled with concentrated aqueous NaOH solution; the ester bonds hydrolyse to give the sodium salt of the fatty acid (soap) plus glycerol:
The soap is then precipitated out of solution by adding common salt (NaCl) — a process called 'salting out' — and is separated, purified and moulded into cakes.
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