Question

Write the composition of dettol.

Answer 1

Answer:

The composition of dettol is chloroxylenol

Explanation:

The active ingredient in dettol is chloroxylenol B.P.4.8%w/v. The other ingredients include isopropyl alcohol, pine oil, castor oil soap, caramel and water. These ingredients make dettol an effective antiseptic-disinfectant that kills bacteria

Answer 2

Answer:

Nowadays there is a whole bunch of Dettol ( a trade mark) products with for some a very different composition. ( So your question is not so obvious as it seems.But

The original stuff designed by Mr. Lyster in 1860 -

Dettol, an antiseptic cleaning product made by Reckitt Benckiser, was developed based on modifications of phenol, an antiseptic that kills germs, discovered in 1860, by Joseph Lister. The active ingredient in dettol is chloroxylenol B.P.4.8%w/v. The other ingredients include isopropyl alcohol, pine oil, castor oil soap, caramel and water. These ingredients make dettol an effective antiseptic-disinfectant that kills bacteria, according to Chemistry in your cupboard website.

Note that the Chloroxylenol was not the only disinfectant, many of the other ingredients helped with that too.