A surfactant is a substance that, when mixed with a liquid, reduces its surface tension. There are usually two or more surfactants in a bar of soap.
A surface-active agent 'surfactant' usually cleans something. ie -soap is a surfactant.
The main function or job of a surfactant is to reduce surface tension. This process is used on liquids while it dissolves.
One bar of Ivory soap.
$0.97
opproximetly $4.15
19 cents!
Soap shaped as bar
Basically it is detergent (surfactant/soap) but without water or with very little water.
it is $30 dollars gee wiz
There are actually many different kinds of chemicals which can be used as soap. My own favorite is sodium lauryl sulfate.
fatty acid salt, but I think you are looking for the word soap, or surfactant
- Liquid soap (a soap prepared with potassium hydroxide) cannot be turned in solid soap. It is prepared especially to be liquid.- Melted soap (prepared with sodium hydroxide) can be solidified after adding a small quantity of sodium chloride and by cooling to room temperature.