Uses:

Fatty acid soaps used in dry cleaning, cosmetics, shampoos, creams, waxes, cutting oils, household detergents, emulsions, wool scouring, textile antifume agent and water repellent, dispersion agent, corrosion inhibitor, softening, emulsifier, humectant and plasticizer, chelating agent, rubber accelerator, pharmaceutical alkalizing agent and catalyst for condensation etc. In making emulsions with mineral and vegetable oils.