MCQ
Hard soaps are:
- ACalcium salts of higher fatty acids.
- BMagnesium salts of higher fatty acids.
- CPotassium salts of higher fatty acids.
- ✓Sodium salts of higher fatty acids.
✓
Answer
Correct option: D.
Sodium salts of higher fatty acids.
Sodium salts of higher fatty acids are called hard soaps. A good example is sodium stearate$(\mathrm{C}_{12} \mathrm{H}_{35} \mathrm{COONa}).$
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