Title : ORGANIC II Aim : To prepare a sample of soap . Apparatus : vegetable oil , sodium hydroxide , 1M sodium chloride , beakers Bunsen burner Directions : 20 ml of the vegetable oil was heated with 50 ml of the sodium hydroxide soln. Sodium chloride was added and the mixture allowed to settle . It was then filtered . The residue is washed with cold distilled water . THE RESIDUE IS THE SOAP