Question

soap and detergent differentiation

Answer 1

Soaps:

Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long chain carboxylic acids.It have lesser cleansing action or quality as compared to detergents. Soapsare made from animal or plant fats and soaps are more biodegradable.

Detergents : 
 Detergents are ammonium or solphonate salts of long chain carboxylic acids. Detergents have better cleansing action as compared to soaps.
Detergents are made from petrochemicals and they are less biodegradable..

Answer 2

Explanation:

$<p style ="Color:cyan; font-family: cursive; background:black;font size25px;"> A number of fats and oils are heated and mixed with a liquid alkali to produce soap and water (neat soap) plus glycerine. Fats and oils are hydrolyzed with a high-pressure steam to get crude fatty acids and glycerine. The fatty acids are purified by distillation and neutralized with an alkali to produce soap.$