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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 found as a clay deposit useful for cleaning clothes.1

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Gupta, S., Wiese, D. (1992). Soap, Fatty Acids, and Synthetic Detergents. In: Kent, J.A. (eds) Riegel’s Handbook of Industrial Chemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7691-0_26

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