Question

What are Soaps and explain the cleansing action of soaps?

Answer 1

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Soaps are cleansing agents which are capable of reacting with water to dislodge the unwanted particles from cloth or skin.
The molecule of soap are sodium or potassium salts of long chain.
There are free alkali present in laundry soaps for cleaning action.
while There no free alkali present for cleaning action.
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Answer 2

What are soaps:

• Soaps are long chain compounds of Sodium and Potassium of fatty acids.

• They are formed by a property called catenation.

• Detergents are long chain compounds of Carboxylic Acids of Ammonium and Sulphonate salts.

Cleansing Action of Soaps:

• Most dirt is oily in nature.

• Oil does not dissolve in water.

• The molecules  of soap are sodium or potassium salts of long chain carboxylic acids.

• The  ionic end of soap dissolves in water while the carbon chain dissolves in  oil.

• The soap molecules thus form structures called micelles where one  end of the molecules is towards the oil droplet while the ionic end faces  outside.

• This forms an emulsion in water.

• The soap micelle thus helps in  dissolving the dirt in water and we     can wash our clothes clean.