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Soaps are made from natural fats and oils and so are fully biodegradable. Detergents on the other hand are made from synthetic chemicals. These chemicals do not break down in the environment, and so they cause huge amount of pollution in our water ways- killing fish and water plants. This is due to the fact that detergents often contain phospahte salts that excelerate the growth of algae that deplete the oxygen content of the water. Detergents are often preferred over soap as they are more effective at cleaning and have a wider range of uses.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoWhen detergents affect lakes and ponds, the phosphates present in them act as fertilizers and cause the rapid growth of algae, which can lead to the death of other organisms in the water.
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∙ 16y agoIt will help when you have an oil spill in water because of the batcerial removal in some detergents
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∙ 11y agosome strong can be harmful to the skin or the environment.
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∙ 14y agoThey bind with the oils naturally produced by your skin which water alone cannot easily rinse off.
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∙ 11y ago- soaps form lathers when mixed with waters which can cause blockages in pipes
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of soaps and detergents?
An advantage of detergent is that is cleans things. If its laundry detergent it helps clean clothes. If its dish detergent it helps clean dishes. A disadvantage of a detergent is that it is not biodegradable. They have a hydrocarbon chain which makes it biodegradable.
How does shampoo apply to the pH scale?
Soaps, detergents and shampoos are basic materials.
What are the chemicals use in housekeeping cleaning?
Examples: soaps, shampoo, detergents, denatured alcohol etc.
Does soap and detergents have the same effects in all water?
No; detergents have different recipes, but sometimes these are similar.
What is a compound that turns litmus blue and is often found in soaps and detergents?
d-d-d-drop the bass
Why are most laundry products detergents instead of soaps?
They are the same thing, just with differing names. Soaps are detergents and detergents are soaps. The names have become associated with their different uses. Soaps are now primarily used to refer to soaps/detergents used on the body, while detergents have comes to mean soaps/detergents used for things other than cleansing the body, such as dish detergents.
Why are soaps detergents harmful to the environment?
Soap detergents are harmful to the environment because they reduce the surface tension of the water. Once this happens, aquatic life will absorb the phenols, pesticides and other pollutants in the water.
Can you use soaps and synthetic detergents to check the hardness of water?
Soaps get precipitated as insoluble calcium and magnesium soaps in hard water but detergents do not. Therefore, soaps but not synthetic detergents can be used to check the hardness of water.
What are soaps and detergents?
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What detergents are invert soaps?
soaps having a chiral nitrogen are invert soaps
What are the Problems of soaps and detergent industry?
look on wikipedia soaps and detergents
Advantage of soaps over synthetic detergents?
Soaps and detergents act differently in hard water and soft water respectively..over use of detergents causes water pollution wich can be avoided by using soaps...........wich causes much less pollution.
Why do soaps and detergents have different effects in different types of water?
soaps use natural fats that can get removed from solution by hard water salts, like magnesium and calcium. Detergents use enzymes that attack specific stains, and can clean, even in water containing hard water salts.
What are the advantages of synthetic detergents over soap?
The advantages of synthetic detergents over soaps are :Synthetic detergents can be used even in case of hard water whereas soaps fail to do so. Unlike soaps, detergents do not form insoluble calcium and magnesium salts in hard water. They give lather in hard water also.Synthetic detergents can be used in the acidic medium while soaps fail to do so because of their hydrolysis to free acids.Synthetic detergents are soluble in water and hence form more lather than soaps.Synthetic detergents have a better cleansing action than soaps.Detergents do not cause irritation to the skin while soaps have this problem.
What is a likely use for a base?
making soaps and detergents
What is a likely use of a base?
making soaps and detergents
What is a likely used for a base?
making soaps and detergents
