Question

i am lost in the soaps and detergent part of carbon and its compoumd can someone explain it to me in breif?

Answer 1

see just look at the gist
soap is sodium salt Of stearic acid detergent is made by sulfonating higher Alkenes with sulphuric acid and then treating with caustic potash alum
detergent can form lather with hard water but soap Cant

Answer 2

soap is the sodium salt (potassium salt)of long chain of carboxylic acid which has cleasning property in water ther are 2 type of soap sodium stearate and sodium palmitate .soap is made of animals fat with vegetable oil .
detergent are also called as soap because they act like a soap and has cleasning property .detergent is the sodium salt of long chain of benzene sulphonic acid or the sodium salt of long chain of alkyl hydrogen sulphate . i hope it will help u