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What are soaps?
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- Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long chain carboxylic acids.
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- In soap molecules, the two ends have different properties. One is hydrophilic, that is, it interacts with water, while the other end is hydrophobic, that is, it interacts with hydrocarbons.
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- Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long chain carboxylic acids.
- In soap molecules, the two ends have different properties. One is hydrophilic, that is, it interacts with water, while the other end is hydrophobic, that is, it interacts with hydrocarbons.
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