Principle
The production of soap dates back to antiquity. Animal or vegetable fats were boiled down with wood ashes. Soaps can be produced from long chain alkane acids of fats by adding lye. Soap must therefore consist of alkali salts of fatty acids. Soap is prepared from stearic acid or from fat in this experiment.
Learning objectives
- Properties and preparation of soap
Benefits
- Easy teaching and efficient learning by using interactive experimentation PHYWE-Software
- Experiment is part of a complete solution set with experiments for the topic Food Chemistry matched with international curriculum: all topics are covered