what r detergents chemically? List 2merits and demerits of detergents.....
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Detergents is the sodium salt of a long chain Benzene Suplhonic acid which has cleansing properties in water.
A detergent has a large non ionic hydrocarbon group and an ionic group like sulphonate group, SO³⁻ Na⁺.
Merits of using Detergent :
1. detergents can be used even with hard water where as soaps are not suitable for use with hard water.
2. Detergents have stronger cleansing action than soaps.
3. detergents are more soluble in water than soaps.
Demerits of using Detergents:
1. Detergents are not biodegradable that is they cannot be composed by micro organisms like bacteria
2. Detergents causes water pollution .
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A detergent has a large non ionic hydrocarbon group and an ionic group like sulphonate group, SO³⁻ Na⁺.
Merits of using Detergent :
1. detergents can be used even with hard water where as soaps are not suitable for use with hard water.
2. Detergents have stronger cleansing action than soaps.
3. detergents are more soluble in water than soaps.
Demerits of using Detergents:
1. Detergents are not biodegradable that is they cannot be composed by micro organisms like bacteria
2. Detergents causes water pollution .
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A detergent is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with cleaning properties in dilute solutions.
Merits
1. Using soap in hard water reduces its effectiveness.
2. Detergents options available such as liquid or powdered detergents.
Demerits
1) The major disadvantage of detergents is that they are non-biodegradable.
2) They cause soil pollution and water pollution.
Merits
1. Using soap in hard water reduces its effectiveness.
2. Detergents options available such as liquid or powdered detergents.
Demerits
1) The major disadvantage of detergents is that they are non-biodegradable.
2) They cause soil pollution and water pollution.
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