Cleansing Agents
Cleansing Agents: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Soaps, Toilet Soaps, Types of Soaps, Medicated Soaps, Cleansing Agents, Shaving Soaps, Synthetic Detergents, Laundry Soaps, Cationic Detergents, Anionic Detergents and, Non-Ionic Detergents
Important Questions on Cleansing Agents
Match the following:
i. | Cationic detergents | a. | Group of biomolecules catalyse the reaction |
ii. | Enzymes | b. | Aspartame |
iii. | Sweetening agents | c. | Cetyltrimethylammonium chloride |

False statement about synthetic detergents is:

What are the fillers present in laundry soaps.

What are the uses of laundry soaps?

Why fillers are used in making laundry soaps.

Sodium salts of sulphonated long-chain alcohol and Sodium salts of sulphonated long-chain hydrocarbons are _____ detergents.(anionic/cationic)

Which of the following is a biodegradable detergent?

Which among the following detergents is non-ionic in character?

Which of the following is anionic detergent?

Which of the following is cationic detergent?

Which of the following is an example of liquid dishwashing detergent?

Which of the following is anionic detergent:

Which salt of fatty acid is a hard soap?

An organic compound that is commonly used for sanitizing surfaces is:

Explain the different types of soaps.

Differentiate between anionic and cationic detergents.

Give the chemical reactions involved in the formation of anionic detergents.

Give the chemical reactions involved in the formation of sodium lauryl sulphate.

How does soap is precipitated from the solution?

What do you mean by invert soaps? In which category of cleansing agent they reside?
