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The chemical industry.

Soap manufacture is the boiling of sodium hydroxide with stearic acid.

Here is the chemical eq'n

CH3(CH2)16COOH + NaOH = CH3(CH2)16COO^-Na^+ (soap) + H2O

ThaT IS THE BASIS OF SOAP MAKING.

However, many modern soaps have perfumes, oils added etc., to soften the astringency of sodium stearate.

Other soaps/detergents are wholly organic chemicals/enzzymes, so that they react without much heat.

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lenpollock

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