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What is a soap, what is it used for?

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Soap is chemically a sodium salt of stearic acid (an organic acid with the formula C17H35COOH) and has the formula C17H35COONa (sodium stearate, can be represented by NaSt).

Soap is used for washing & cleaning purposes.

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