cleansing action of soap
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The molecule of soap constitutes sodium or potassium salts of long chain carboxylic acids. In the case of soaps, the carbon chain dissolves in oil and the ionic end dissolves in water. Thus the soap molecules form structures called micelles.
Soap is a kind of molecule in which both the ends have different properties:
⇒Hydrophilic end
⇒ Hydrophobic end
The first one is the hydrophilic end which dissolves water and is attracted towards it whereas the second one is the hydrophobic end that is dissolved in hydrocarbons and is water repulsive in nature. If on the surface of the water, soap is present then the hydrophobic tail which is not soluble in water will align along the water surface.
soap is a long chain of fatty acid of sodium and potassium
2 ends of molecules of soap behave differently the ionic end is hydrophilic which attracts towards water
the other end is hydrobhobic which attracts towards oil droplets through this micelle formed around the oil droplets when flused with excess water the micelle containing dirt removed
