In a soap preparation experiment, 100gm of vegetable oil was used with 5gm of NaOH. Calculate the efficiency of the reaction and the amount of the soap produced. When the amount of the produced glycerol was determined 0.1moles. The fatty acid was C17H30O2(MW 266g/mol) and glycerol C3H8O3 (MW 92g/mol)

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In a soap preparation experiment, 100gm of vegetable oil was used with 5gm of NaOH. Calculate the efficiency of the reaction and the amount of the soap produced. When the amount of the produced glycerol was determined 0.1moles. The fatty acid was C17H30O2(MW 266g/mol) and glycerol C3H8O3 (MW 92g/mol)

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