Re: What's SOAP?

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

And a by-product of making lutefisk.

Glad Jul!

At 10:10 AM 12/24/2005, you wrote:

> "Jack Derham" <derhamj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Please help this "old Dog". Just what is SOAP . . .
>
> It is a metallic salt of a fatty acid, used as a detergent (if water 
> soluble), or as a thickening agent for greases (if insoluble). 
> Insoluble soaps are also a by-product of washing with soluble ones 
> in hard water; they are the principal binding agent in the infamous 
> "bathtub ring." Soap functions as a degergent because each molecule 
> has both a polar, water-soluble, hydrophyllic end, and a nonpolar, 
> oil-soluble, hydrophobic end. Thus, it acts as an emulsifier and a 
> surface-active agent.
>
> There is also a photo-enhancement software product called, if memory 
> serves correctly, Kai's Photo Soap.
>
> > . . . in the XML context?
> Oh, that kind of SOAP. I'm as clueless as you are about that.
>
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