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Soaps contain sodium salts of weak carboxylic acids such as sodium stearate which show weakly alkaline behavior.
Sodium laurel sulfate is a liquid soap, widely used in shampoo and other liquid soap products. Like all soaps, it has a molecular structure in which there is both a polar and a non-polar section, enabling it to attract both water molecules (with its polar section) and oils (with its non-polar section), so that it can act as a bridge between these two types of substances, allowing them to mix.
Ordinary soap contains fatty acids (triglycerides) that have been treated with a strong base (e.g. sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide) to form a salt. These salts can emulsify other fats and oils, enabling them to be removed by water. Typical soap compounds include sodium tallowate and sodium cocoate. Modern detergents use similar chemical compounds including sodium laureth sulfate and sodium sulfonates. As soaps are made by mixing melted fats (a source of fatty acids) and lye (the source of the alkali metal) this permits some small amounts of unreacted lye as a contaminate in the final product. Soaps also often contain some glycerin, which is released from the fat when the lye reacts with and separates the fatty acids from it. Commercial manufacturers can incorporate many additives in the soaps they sell: fragrances, lotion, antibacterials, deodorants, pumice rock, etc.
epsom salts (i.e. magnesium sulfate)limestone (i.e. calcium carbonate)soaps (e.g. sodium stearate, potassium oleate)potassium iodidemonosodium glutamatesodium valproatecocaine nitrateammonium sorbatecopper sulfateferric chlorideferrous chloridebismuth subsalicatewashing soda (i.e. sodium carbonate)vinyl chloridelithium urateplutonium nitratebutyl acetatemethyl benzoateterpinyl butyrateestrone cyanateetc.
All the sodium phosphates (Na3PO4, NaH2PO4, Na2HPO4) have useful applications at home: laxative, components of detergents, soaps, other cleaning materials, applications in soldering, wall paintings, etc.
Sodium Chloride is the scientific name for table salt. Sodium laurel sulfate is a detergent that is said to be a carcinogen (though the CTFA, American Cancer Association, and several toxicology studies say this is an urban legend). However, sodium laurel sulfate does contain low (parts-per-thousand to parts-per-million) amounts of a probable human carcinogen, and the USDA recommends manufacturers of products containing sodium laurel sulfate to remove it from the products. Besides both containing sodium in their chemical formulas, sodium chloride and sodium laurel sulfate have little to nothing in common. Beyond the fact that you would be putting salt into your hair, I would be more worried about sodium laurel sulfate than sodium chloride.
Soaps contain sodium salts of weak carboxylic acids such as sodium stearate which show weakly alkaline behavior.
Sodium laurel sulfate is a liquid soap, widely used in shampoo and other liquid soap products. Like all soaps, it has a molecular structure in which there is both a polar and a non-polar section, enabling it to attract both water molecules (with its polar section) and oils (with its non-polar section), so that it can act as a bridge between these two types of substances, allowing them to mix.
Sodium chloride is used to precipitate soaps from the solution.
That stuff is the agent that gives shampoos and soaps their lather. Try a "natural" shampoo that doesn't have it, and you'll see that the shampoo is "flat."
Sodium and potassium hydroxides are used in the preparation of soaps.
Ordinary soap contains fatty acids (triglycerides) that have been treated with a strong base (e.g. sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide) to form a salt. These salts can emulsify other fats and oils, enabling them to be removed by water. Typical soap compounds include sodium tallowate and sodium cocoate. Modern detergents use similar chemical compounds including sodium laureth sulfate and sodium sulfonates. As soaps are made by mixing melted fats (a source of fatty acids) and lye (the source of the alkali metal) this permits some small amounts of unreacted lye as a contaminate in the final product. Soaps also often contain some glycerin, which is released from the fat when the lye reacts with and separates the fatty acids from it. Commercial manufacturers can incorporate many additives in the soaps they sell: fragrances, lotion, antibacterials, deodorants, pumice rock, etc.
Ordinary soap contains fatty acids (triglycerides) that have been treated with a strong base (e.g. sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide) to form a salt. These salts can emulsify other fats and oils, enabling them to be removed by water. Typical soap compounds include sodium tallowate and sodium cocoate. Modern detergents use similar chemical compounds including sodium laureth sulfate and sodium sulfonates. As soaps are made by mixing melted fats (a source of fatty acids) and lye (the source of the alkali metal) this permits some small amounts of unreacted lye as a contaminate in the final product. Soaps also often contain some glycerin, which is released from the fat when the lye reacts with and separates the fatty acids from it. Commercial manufacturers can incorporate many additives in the soaps they sell: fragrances, lotion, antibacterials, deodorants, pumice rock, etc.
Sodium acetate and sodium propanoate are poor soaps because these soaps have a small hydrocarbon chain to bind to dirt. ... The hydrocarbon chain of these soaps is not long enough and therefore, there are fewer non-polar substances that are available for the molecules to bind to fats, oils, and dirt.
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sodium stearate C17H35COONa , sodium palmitae C15H31COONa
Sodium propanoate and sodium acetate (NaC2H3O2) are not good soaps because they do not have a long enough hydrocarbon portion with which to bond to the "dirt". This question hinges on the fact that most dirt is relatively nonpolar in nature. Using the "like dissolves like" principle, it is expected that a suitable solvent for dirt be relatively nonpolar as well. Good soaps are therefore made from those fatty acids which contain long (but not too long) hydrocarbon chains in addition to the ionic "head" portion (which allows solubility in H2O). If the hydrocarbon portion is not sufficiently long, the acid will be too polar to dissolve dirt. Hope this helps.