Question

Give the chemical equation for the formation of scum when hard water is treated with soap. Give me full satisfied answer plzzzz

Answer 1

hee mate here's your answer
✒we know that hard water contain magnesium and calcium salt
✒so let take one of magnesium salt that is magnesium carbonate that is mgcl2
✒and formula of soap is

c15H31cooNa +mgcl2= Nacl+mg(C15H31coo)2
(soap) (hard water)(salt) (scum)


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Answer 2

Explanation:

hard water contains calcium and magnesium and soap is basically sodium or potassium salt of higher fatty acids when soap is added to hard water corresponding calcium and magnesium salts are formed which being in soluble that dissipated this precipitated second is come reaction taking place