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The industrial process of "salting out" soap by adding massive amounts of cheap to a soap vat primarIonic Equilibrium Chemistry Question

Question

The industrial process of "salting out" soap by adding massive amounts of cheap $NaCl$ to a soap vat primarily relies on:

Answer: A

💡 Solution & Explanation

Adding NaCl floods the solution with the common ion $Na^+$. This drastically increases the ionic product $[RCOO^-][Na^+]$ above the soap's $K_{sp}$, forcing the equilibrium backward to precipitate the solid soap.

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