Question

difference between soaps and detergents​

Answer 1

Answer:

Soaps are the sodium salts of long chain carboxylic acids. Detergents are sodium salts of long chain benzene sulphonic acids. Soaps are biodegradable while some of the detergents are non-biodegradable. ... A soap is a sodium or potassium salt of higher fatty acids.

Answer 2

Soaps :

• These are potassium or sodium salt of long chain fatty acid.

• Their efficiency is decrease in hard water.

• Soaps are biodegradable.

Detergent :

• These are ammonium or sulphonate salt of long chain fatty acid.

• Their efficiency is unaffected in hard water

• Detergents are non - biodegradable