Soaps are

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Soaps are

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Soaps are typically made from the reaction of an alkali metal hydroxide with a long chain carboxylic acid, also known as a fatty acid. This results in the formation of the alkali metal salt of the fatty acid, which is what we commonly know as soap.

B) Long chain fatty alcohols are not the same as soaps.

C) Esters of a long chain fatty alcohol with a long chain fatty acid are not the same as soaps.

D) Alkali metal salts of glycerol are not the same as soaps.

E) B and D are not correct because neither long chain fatty alcohols nor alkali metal salts of glycerol are the same as soaps.

Soaps Are