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Soap is a mixture of sodium or potassium salts of

  • A.Dicarboxylic acids
  • B.Mono-carboxylic acids
  • C.Glycerol
  • D.Tricarboxylic acids

Answer: B

Soap is a mixture of sodium or potassium salts of monocarboxylic acids - the long-chain fatty acids such as stearic, palmitic and oleic acid, each with a single -COOH group.

Their salts have one ionic head on a long hydrocarbon tail, which is exactly the structure needed to lift grease into water.

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