What are soaps and how they are different from detergents?
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Answer:Soaps are made from natural resources (animal fats or vegetable oils). Detergents are made from synthetic resources such as petroleum fractions. Soaps form precipitate in acidic water. Detergents do not form precipitate in acidic water.
Answer:
Soap is a salt of a fatty acid used in a variety of cleansing and lubricating products.
Detergent is a water-soluble cleansing agent which combines with impurities and dirt to make them more soluble, and differs from soap in not forming a scum with the salts in hard water.
Explanation:
Difference between Soap and Detergent : -
* Soaps are biodegradable while some of the detergents are non- biodegradable.
* Soaps have relatively weak cleansing action whereas; detergents have a strong cleansing action.
* A detergent is a sodium salt of alkali benzene sulphonate or of a fatty alcohol sulphate. A soap is a sodium or potassium salt of higher fatty acids.
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