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Question 16

Locally produced soap in which wood ash is used as the base is usually soft because the wood ash contains a lot of

  • A.sodium ions
  • B.potassium ions
  • C.lithium ions
  • D.calcium ions
  • E.magnesium ions
Objective

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Chemistry
Year
1989
Question no.
#16
Type
Objective
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