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Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Surface-Active Agents > Detergents > Soaps
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Household Products > Detergents > Soaps

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Soaps  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Soap Solution
  • Soap Solutions
  • Solution, Soap
  • Solutions, Soap

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91(81)63; was see under SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS 1981-90; was heading 1963-80

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012915

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