CHAPTER 102. RIGHTS OF THE ELDERLY. This section was amended by the 84th Legislature. Pending publication of the current statutes, see S.B. 219, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, for amendments affecting this section.
A bar of soap. Soap is a chemical compound resulting from the reaction of an alkali (commonly sodium or potassium hydroxide) with a fatty acid. When mixed with water during bathing or washing, they help people and clothes get clean by lowering the chance of dirt and oil to get to the skin or fabric. Soaps are made from animal fats or vegetable oils. There are two basic steps in making soap. They are called Saponification and Salting-out of soap.
Best Answer: Soaps are the sodium or potassium salts of fatty acids. The tails of the soap molecules are chemically equivalent to fat or oil, i.e. they are both hydrophobic and non-polar. Therefore, soap can dissolve in oil. The heads of soap molecules, however, are hydrophilic and ionic in character. This allows them to dissolve in ionic and polar substances, e.g. water. When oily dirt is immersed in a soap solution, the tails attach themselves to the oil.