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Soap, glue, and washing powder – did Oasis just sing “Van der Waals”?
We’ve all seen Fight Club and learnt that the crucial ingredient in soap making is fats – but hopefully not from vacuum-sealed bags of liposuction remains. Speaking of “lipo” as a prefix, we most often use the term “lipids” to describe fats and oils when having learnt some biology beyond the age of 13, and…