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SOAPS AND PROTEINS 



Table XXXVIII and Fig. 64 show the effects of potassium 

 acetate. As compared with the action of the other potassium 

 salts thus far described, it will be seen that at equimolar con- 

 centrations this acts more powerfully. The soap passes through 



all the various changes to complete dehydration even within the 

 short range of concentrations detailed in the single table. 



The effects of several potassium salts of polybasic acids are 

 shown in Tables XXXIX, XL, XLI and XLII and Figs. 65, 66, 

 67 and 68. Dipotassium sulphate and dipotassium tartrate pro- 



