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What is the difference between bathing soap and washing soaps?
ChemistryChemistry in Everyday Life
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Bathing soaps are potassium salts of long chain fatty acids. They are usually soft and are also free from unused alkali.
On the other hand, washing soaps are sodium salts of long chain fatty acids. They are usually hard and also contain some residual alkali.

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