Question

28. Detergents are less biodegradable than soaps. Explain the reason.​

Answer 1

Detergents are synthetic compounds, generally ammonium or sulfate salts of long chain carboxylic acids. These synthetic compounds can not be broken down into simple molecules by microbes and hence soaps are non biodegradable.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

Detergents are synthetic compounds generally ammonium or sulfate salts of long chain carboxylic acids. These synthetic compounds cannot be broken down into simple molecules by microbes and hence detergents are non-biodegradable.

If detergents have a straight chain, then it could be easily be broken by molecules.