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Soaps are the sodium salts of the ………..
a) protein                                              

b) fatty acid        
c) carbohydrate                  

d) nucleic acid

b

When soap is added to hard water it is ionized into …………….
a) sodium ion                                      

b) stearate ion     
c) both a & b                                       

d) none of these

c

The ………… ions are present in water.
a)Ca+2                                                   

b) Mg+2 
c) Na+2                                                  

d) both a & b

d

The ions react with soap and produce an insoluble precipitate of calcium & magnesium steartes, which is called ………..
a) silicate                                              

b) Zeolite              

c) scum                                 
d) none of these

c


a

The chemical formula of sodium stearate is…...
a) Ca++                                                  

b) C17H35COO
c) C17H35COONa                

d) (C17H35COO)2Ca

c