little help with chemistry coursework

[Pete]

yo lads and ladies

need a little help

first of all, what is the main chemical that makes soap?

also what si the best option out of, excel, paint shop pro, and ms paint to draw a bar graph to display the amount of drops of soap to form a lather.....
thanks alot buddies

Pete

[Shogun]

yo lads and ladies

need a little help

first of all, what is the main chemical that makes soap?

also what si the best option out of, excel, paint shop pro, and ms paint to draw a bar graph to display the amount of drops of soap to form a lather.....
thanks alot buddies

Pete

Excel anyday

and it depends what soap you are talking about?

[Pete]

well what would we be using in a chemistry class in year 10? because i err left my book at school
thanks for the excel tit bit

Pete

[Stoo]

http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/se...ing-soap.shtml

Although that's probably a bit beyond what you're doing..

[Pete]

slightly yeh, ill put some of it in and see if he asks if i had help....

well ive nearly finished my chart.....

[jsterling]

i didnt read the link posted above but we've been told that its sodium stearate

I ahve an eqauation for ti and hard water but i dont know if that's what youa re using.

Equation:

sodium stearate + calcium sulphate --> calcium stearate + sodium sulphate
(soap) (hard water) (scum)

[daverobev]

Um sodium lauryl sulphate and sodium laureth sulphate mean anything to anyone? I think...maybe thats more in washing powders, can't remember now...