explain the mechanism of the cleaning action of soaps in six to seven points please soon♥♥✔✔
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Soap molecules are long chain of carboxylic acids with sodium or potassium at one end . Since the dirt is mostly oily in nature which does not dissolve in water , the carbon chain dissolves in oily dirt and ionic end dissolves in water .
When soap is dissolved in water, its hydrophobic ends attach themselves to dirt and remove it from the cloth.
First, the molecules of soap arrange themselves in micelle formation and trap the dirt at the centre of the cluster.
These micelles remain suspended in water like particles in a colloidal solution.
The various micelles present in water do not come together to form a precipitate as each micelle repels the other because of the ion-ion repulsion.
Thus, the dust particles remain trapped in micelles (which remain suspended) and are easily rinsed away with water.
Hence, soap micelles remove dirt by dissolving it in water
