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Typically, soap is not acidic. It is slightly alkaline
Lye or sodium laureth sulfate is the typical active ingredient in soap
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Can citric acid be used to make soap instead of sodium hydroxide caustic soda?
Soap is essentially fatty acid + alkali (sheep fat + lye, for example). Citric acid is an acid that will not saponify with fat.
What is the soap?
Soapy water is water which has soap dissolved in it.
Is bicarbonate of soda used to make soap?
yes used to made a soap
What kind of acid is in soap?
carboxylic acid
Why Rosin is added in making Soap?
Rosin is most often used to make a mildly abrasive soap.
Can citric acid be used to make soap instead of sodium hydroxide caustic soda?
Soap is essentially fatty acid + alkali (sheep fat + lye, for example). Citric acid is an acid that will not saponify with fat.
What is stearic acid used for?
It is used in soap making. Stearic Acid is boiled in sodium hydroxide, to make sodium stearate (soap) and water. This is a very old method, and has been superceded by more modern methods.
What is the soap?
Soapy water is water which has soap dissolved in it.
Why are substances like Drano and Battery acid dangerous?
Battery acid is Sulfuric acid and Drano is 54.2 %Sodium hydroxide Sulfuric acid is a strong acid which can damage skin and your eyes. Drano is 54.2 % Sodium hydroxide which is lye. Lye is used to make lye soap. Lye reacts with oils and fats to make soap. You have oils on your skin.
What acid is soap?
Soap is a base, not an acid. Soap is made from fat and a strong alkaline solution (known as lye).
What acid is in soap?
Soap can said to be a sodium salt of long chain fatty acid. Fatty acid is a stearic acid. So stearic acid is present in soap.
What happens when fatty acid reacts with NaOH?
what happen when fatti acid react with the NaOH
Are acids in soaps?
When soap makers make soap, they use acid in the process. However during the saponification process the harmful acid combines with the fats to form soap. In cold process soaps you need to let your soap cure, during that process the dangerous unreacted lye that may be in the soap converts to soap, thus it would be safe to use after aprox 2 weeks.If you are using Melt & Pour Soap, all lye (acid) converts and reacts with the Oils since heat is used in the soap making process. The Melt & Pour Soap is ready for use immediately after being made.
Does acid give soap its useful properties?
That depends on the acid and its concentration, and temperature. It is likely to dissolve in the water of any dilute acids anyway. Soaps are Na or K salts of fatty acids. Mixed with an acid, depending on dissociation constants, solubilities etc., you may form a metal salt of the free acid and reform the fatty acid. The huge majority of fatty acids in soaps are water immiscible, but with soap present they could disperse.
Is bicarbonate of soda used to make soap?
yes used to made a soap
Is a soap a acid?
soap the salt of a fatty acid and so it is almost an acid, but it is an alkaline
Why is it difficult to use soap in an acid solution?
Soap is a salt of carboxylic acid (fatty acid) in acidic medium soap forms the corresponding fatty acid which is almost insoluble in water so soap does not work properly.
