The chemical reaction that produces soap is called saponification. During one type of saponification, oil in sodium hydroxide undergo a chemical change to produce glycerol and soap. As a result of this reaction, the soap has different properties than the oil and sodium hydroxide. Some of these properties are what gives soap it’s cleaning ability for each statement below, choose whether it is true or false.
Chemical change occurs during saponification
Soap is a reactant of the saponification reaction
Together, the product of a chemical reaction have the same arrangement of atoms as the reactants
1. True - Saponification is a chemical change that converts oil and sodium hydroxide into glycerol and soap.
2. False - Soap is a product of the saponification reaction, not a reactant.
3. False - The arrangement of atoms in the products of a chemical reaction is different from that of the reactants.