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A student takes about 6 ml distilled water in four test tubes marked P, Q R and S. He dissolves sodium sulphate in P, potassium sulphate in Q, calcium sulphate in R and magnesium sulphate in S. After that he adds equal amount of soap solution in each test tube. On shaking these test tubes, he would observe a good amount of lather in the test tubes marked

Soaps are sodium and potassium salts of fatty acids, so they form a good amount of lather with sodium sulphate and potassium sulphate solutions.

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