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Soap, in the form we know it today,was first produced by the Babylonians in around 2800 B.C.E. Clay cylinders containing a soap like material were found during excavations of Babylon. Engraved in the side of a cylinder was a recipe for boiling fats with ashes.

Soap works by acting an emulsifying agent. Each soap molecule consists of a long,fatty tail and an electrical charged head. In water the soap molecules from small spheres,called micelles,where the charged heads are on the outside and the water repelling fatty chains are in the middle. As dirt and greases are not soluble in water, they are contained within the micelles. The micelles can then be washed away,leaving behind a clean surface.

True soap was made by boiling oil and fat with alkaline salts to form glycerin and the salts of fatty acids. The salts are solid and are like the soap we use today. Sodium salts make hard soaps,while potassium salts produce a softer product. Calcium and emagnesium salts from an insoluble residue,the scum that soap produces in hard water

The first hard white soap was produced in Spain from olive oil and the ashes of the salsola plant. However,it was only in the late nineteenth century,after processes for producing alkalis had been discovered,that there was a rapid expansion in the commercial production of Soap.

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