This document discusses chemicals used by consumers. It defines soap as a sodium or potassium salt of fatty acids. It states that saponification is the process of preparing soap by hydrolyzing fats and oils in an alkaline solution. Detergent is defined as the sodium salts of alkylbenzene sulfonic acid or sodium salts of alkyl sulfonic acid.
This document discusses chemicals used by consumers. It defines soap as a sodium or potassium salt of fatty acids. It states that saponification is the process of preparing soap by hydrolyzing fats and oils in an alkaline solution. Detergent is defined as the sodium salts of alkylbenzene sulfonic acid or sodium salts of alkyl sulfonic acid.
This document discusses chemicals used by consumers. It defines soap as a sodium or potassium salt of fatty acids. It states that saponification is the process of preparing soap by hydrolyzing fats and oils in an alkaline solution. Detergent is defined as the sodium salts of alkylbenzene sulfonic acid or sodium salts of alkyl sulfonic acid.