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Differentiate between soap and detergent?

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Differentiate between soap and detergent?
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Yogita Ingle 6 years, 9 months ago

Importance and difference between soaps and detergents is as follows:

  • Soap is a triacylglyceride derviative (fat) while detergents are often produced synthetically.
  • The head-group of soap a molecule is usually a carboxylate anion while common detergents often use phosphate or sulfate head-groups (ie Sodium dodecyl sulfate).
  • Soap's effectiveness is greatly affected by the presence of certain minerals in solution such as those typically associated with hard water. Detergents are usually not affected by minerals in solution. 
  • Soaps are the sodium salts of long chain carboxylic acids
  • Detergents are sodium salts of long chain benzene sulphonic acids
  • 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 alkyl benzene sulphonate or of a fatty alcohol sulphate. A soap is a sodium or potassium salt of higher fatty acids.
  • A detergent is more effective in hard water. Soaps are less effective in hard water.

Ayush Shukla???? 6 years, 9 months ago

Soap is bio degradable but detergent are not

Ayush Shukla???? 6 years, 9 months ago

Soap not make scum with hard water but detergent make scum with both

Khushi ???Be Smiling 6 years, 9 months ago

Soap:sodium or pottassium salts of long chain carboxylic acid Detergent:ammonia or benzoaye salts of long chain carboxylic acid
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