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D/b soaps and detergent

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D/b soaps and detergent
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Gaurav Seth 6 years ago

Soaps :

  1. Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long chain carboxylic acids.
  2. Soaps have lesser cleansing action or quality as compared to detergents.
  3. Soaps are made from animal or plant fats.
  4. Soaps are more biodegradable.

Detergents :

  1. Detergents are ammonium or solphonate salts of long chain carboxylic acids.
  2. Detergents have better cleansing action as compared to soaps.
  3. Detergents are made from petrochemicals. Detergents are less biodegradable.

Aadya Singh ? 6 years ago

4) Soaps have relatively weak cleansing action while detergents have a strong cleansing action.

Aadya Singh ? 6 years ago

3) Soaps are biodegradable while some of the detergents are not biodegradable.

Aadya Singh ? 6 years ago

2) Soaps are not suitable for washing purposes when the water is hard while detergents are suitable for washing purposes even when the water is hard.

Aadya Singh ? 6 years ago

1) Soaps are the sodium salts or potassium salts of long chain Carboxylic acids while detergents are the sodium salts of long chain benzene sulphonic acids or long chain alkyl hydrogensulphates.
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