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Soap or detergent has polar part which helps in the cleansing of clothes by which structure cleansing takes place.

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Important Questions on Carbon and its Compounds

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What is the difference between soaps and detergents?
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Give a chemical test to distinguish between soaps and detergents.
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In what respects are synthetic detergents superior to soaps?
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Explain the cleansing action of soaps.
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Explain the cleansing action of soap.
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Explain the formation of scum when hard water is treated with soap.
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Do soaps give lather in hard water?
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The soap molecule has a:
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Explain the mechanism of the cleaning action of soaps.
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What is soap? How can you make soap in the laboratory?
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Soap does not work well with hard water. Is there any other substitute which can be used in place of soap? Name the substitute.
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What are soaps? When and why is sodium chloride added during the manufacture of soap from oil?
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Would you be able to check if water is hard by using a detergent?
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Describe how soap is prepared.
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Give a chemical test to distinguish between soaps and detergents.
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Mention two points of differences between soap and synthetic detergent.
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Why does micelle formation take place when soap is added to water? Will a micelle be formed in other solvents such as ethanol also?
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In a soap micelle, the soap molecules are arranged radially with :
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The chemical which is not required for the preparation of soap in the laboratory is :
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People use a variety of methods to wash clothes. Usually after adding the soap, they ‘beat’ the clothes on a stone, or beat it with a paddle, scrub with a brush or the mixture is agitated in a washing machine. Why is agitation necessary to get clean clothes?