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Are soap and other cleaning products bases?
By admin | July 27, 2009
Topics: Chemistry | 4 Comments »
toby girl asked:
i’m talking about this kind of base;
i’m talking about this kind of base;
base: A compound that reacts with an acid to form a salt, or certain nitrogen containing organic compounds; a group or molecule that takes up or accepts protons
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Soaps are bases.
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generally, yes.
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no, soaps are, most often, sodium salts of fatty acids
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Soap is basic. Traditional soap is made with NaOH (lye) and a fat of some sort. Some cleaning products use strong acids too though. It is important not to mix the two because you can cause a nasty reaction.