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Soap, Fatty Acids, and Synthetic Detergents

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The origin of the word “soap” is traced to sacrificial Mount Sapo of ancient Roman legend. The mixture of fat and wood ashes that reacted to form soap was carried by rain to the banks of the Tiber River and was found as a clay deposit useful for cleaning clothes.1

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  1. Soap and Fatty Acids, Colgate Palmolive Company, Piscataway, NJ

    Janine Chupa, Steve Misner & Amit Sachdev

  2. Synthetic Detergents, Huntsman performance products, Austin, TX

    George A. Smith

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Chupa, J., Misner, S., Sachdev, A., Smith, G.A. (2007). Soap, Fatty Acids, and Synthetic Detergents. In: Kent, J.A. (eds) Kent and Riegel’s Handbook of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-27843-8_36

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