difference between soap and detergents
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Soap is a bar and detergent is a sprinkling thing
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1.
Soaps are the sodium salts of long chain carboxylic acids
Detergents are sodium salts of long chain benzene sulphonic acids
2.
The ionic group in soaps is
–COO-Na+
The ionic group in soaps is
SO3-Na+ or SO4-Na+
3.
Soaps are not useful when water is hard
Detergents can be used for washing purposes even when water is hard
4.
Soaps are biodegradable
Some of the detergents are non-biodegradable
5.
Soaps have relatively weak cleansing action
Detergents have a strong cleansing action
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