What is the function of sodium chloride in this experiment?
2007-09-04 01:56:25 · 4 answers · asked by jack_hock2003 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
wow, did your soap mixture explode on you. I remember my batch did! it was aweful. we had to present it to the professor so we had to carve real soap and present it as such. obviously fake, fresh soap isnt as hard. anyway, Sodium chloride or NaCl is used to precipitate the soap! it is the precipitating agent. good luck and study hard!
2007-09-04 02:18:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NaCl causes the precipitation of soap (salting out) by forming sodium esters.
2007-09-04 02:17:41 · answer #2 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soap in distilled water foams profusely. Soap in hard water forms scum.
2016-05-21 00:55:44 · answer #3 · answered by jordan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it useto lower the solubility of soap in water so the soap can be precipitated
2007-09-04 19:31:05 · answer #4 · answered by red devil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋