soap and detergent, both are same type of salts. How are they chemically different from each other. Explain.
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Explanation:
1 .When soap reacts with hard water which contain magnesium and calcium so it forms insoluble substance called scum
But when detergent reacts with hard water contaning calcium as well as magnesium so it form foam easy with the formation of micelles
2. Soap is sodium salt of long carbon chain
Whereas detergent is sodium salt of sulphonic acid of carboxylic acid
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