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Is soap solid

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Soap is partially comprised of fatty acids; long molecules derived from plant or animal fat.

The liquid soaps use shorter, fats, which tend to be more liquid than solid (compare

olive oil, for example, to palm oil).

The above does not answer the question... The answer is that soft soaps tend to dissolve more readily into water, due to the ions of the soap being able to stabilise and disperse into the water. Hard soaps tends to have ions that make dissolution into water difficult. In other terms, soft soap dissolves easily, where as hard soaps do not.

To add to this - soaps made with KOH (caustic potash) give more soluble soap molecules than those made of NaOH. Therefore KOH soaps are soft and are used for liquid soap production and NaOH soaps are hard.

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Bar soap, after use, can still retain bacteria; and when used again that bacteria can be passed on to the next user. There are instances when bar soap has been cultured and found to be contaminated with such bacteria as E-coli. The liquid soap surgical teams use, have better properties for cleansing the hands and arms of contaminants

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To make a solid soap, you would use sodium hydroxide.

To make liquid soap, you would use potassium hydroxide.

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if the soap is in body wash form, then it is a liquid, but if it is in bar soap form, then it is a solid.

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one is a liquid and one is a solid one is a liquid and one is a solid liquid soap is the soap that is unshapened and bar soap is shapened in a nutshell there both equally good

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u MIGHT AS WELL BE WEARING CLOTHES IF UR USING A SOAP BAR, CAUSE THAT'S WAT IT DOES. LIQUID SOAP DOSEN'T GO ON UR SKIN LIKE A SOAP BAR, LIQID SOAP RULES!!!xD

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Generally, soap can be solid or liquid. Go to the store and see for yourself.

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It depends on the kind of soap. Dish-washing soap is a liquid. A bar of soap, on the other is a solid.

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