What is the term for the chemical reaction that makes soap?

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Mike Clark · Answer 1 · 2022-10-01T21:26:15+0000

Answer: soaps are a sodium or potassium salts of long chain fatty acids.when triglycerides in fat/oil react with aqueous NaOH or KOH,they are converted into soap and glycerol.This is called alkaline hydrolysis of esters.Since this reaction leads to formation of soap, it is called the saponification process.

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Mark Hibberd · Answer 2 · 2022-10-06T06:36:53+0000

Saponification is the name of the chemical reaction that produces soap. In the process, animal or vegetable fat is converted into soap (a fatty acid) and alcohol

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