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Dictionary » S » Soaps Soapssoaps sodium or potassium salts of long chain fatty acids. These detergent substances are obtained by boiling natural oils or fats with caustic alkali. Sodium soaps are harder and are used as topical anti-infectives and vehicles in pills and liniments; potassium soaps are soft, used as vehicles for ointments and also as topical antimicrobials. ![]()
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Results from our forumDiscussion of Cocamidopropyl betaine... quaternary ammonium cation. It is a viscous pale yellow transparent liquid and is used as a surfactant in bath products such as shampoos and hand soaps, and in cosmetics as an emulsifying agent and thickener, and to reduce irritation purely ionic surfactants would cause. It also serves as an antistatic ...
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Human aging... Enzyme like glutathione peroxidase must act on these radicals to prevent the harmful effect to the cells. Nowadays, glutatathione-containing soaps are were widely sold to markets believing on its promising effect of making the skin look younger and healthier.
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questions on lipids and saponification number... The lower the number, in general, the higher the average molecular weight of acids esterified to glycerol, and the less soluble are the respective soaps. You can do the same thing using potassium hydroxide and you will get a slightly different set of numbers for the same set of compounds, but the ...
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How does soap effect bacteria?ok to get an answer for this experimental observation let's first look into how soaps work. Soap molecules have two special sites on their structure. one is a hydrophylic end [ S ]- can and will stick to water molecule. second one is a hydrophobic [ P ](can't stick ...
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The Fiber Disease... time to list all cellulose products. Just read the label and don't use it is the label states cellulose..simple really..be careful of shampoos and soaps. One will do. if you could recollect.
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