Soap is the sodium or potassium salt of:

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Soap is made by saponification of triglycerides (fats/oils) which are esters of glycerol and long-chain fatty acids (e.g., stearic, palmitic, oleic). The sodium salt gives hard soap, potassium gives soft soap. The long hydrocarbon chain (hydrophobic) and carboxylate head (hydrophilic) provide cleaning action via micelle formation. Synthetic detergents are usually sodium salts of sulfonic acids or sulfate esters.

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