Bath soap is a mixture of :

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Potassium palmitate and sodium stearate

Sodium and calcium salts of higher fatty acids

Sodium salts of higher fatty acids

Potassium salts of higher fatty acids

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Soap is a potassium or sodium salt of fatty acid( oleic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid). Na salt is present in washing soaps and potassium salt is present in bathing soaps.
Acid provides glycerol and ester compounds which are present in animal fat(mutton tallow) and vegetable oil(fat).
Preparation of Soap: Animal fat or Vegetable oil (groundnut oil, caster oil etc.) if heated with sodium hydroxide(NaOH), sodium salt of fatty acid and glycerol are formed.
The above process of preparing soap is called saponification.

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