Ammonia → Ammonium Oleate

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Separately, 100 ml of pure water was charged in a 200-ml capacity beaker and heated at 80° C., and 0.93 g of stearic acid was added to heated water under agitation by a glass rod to melt stearic acid. Then, 0.21 ml of aqueous ammonia having a concentration of 3.953 moles/l was added to the mixture under violent agitation to completely emulsify stearic acid and form an ammonia soap suspension having a pH value of 10.5.

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