Soaps play a vital role in keeping clean. They are salts made from the alkaline hydrolysis of fats and oils (triglycerides). Fat molecules contain three ester links. These can be hydrolysed when ...

One such substance is potassium hydroxide. Surface tension measurements were made on a series of aqueous solutions of potassium hydroxide ranging in concentration from 6.5 to 41.2 weight per cent ...