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What are fillers and what role these fillers play in soap?

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Substances which are added to soaps to modify their properties in order to make them useful for a parricular application are called fillers. For example, (i) Sodium rosinate is added to laundry soaps to increase their lather forming ability, (ii) glycerol is added to shaving soaps to prevent them from drying.
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