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How does a dry shampoo work?
From my chemistry knowledge, I know that soaps are made from fatty acids and some sort of base and this reaction also gives us $\ce{H_2O}$ so the grease in hair dissolves and gets washed away in water....
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Does hand dishwashing liquid degrease as well as add "grease"?
When preparing a copper etching plate for etching, it must be degreased completely before putting on the etching ground. Otherwise the acid may "bite" through the ground ("foul biting&...
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Saponification - Oil and Alcohol?
I've been reading that a saponification reaction typically involves NaOH or KOH. I was wondering - could anything that contains an OH group cause a saponification reaction? For instance, coconut oil + ...
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