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While both acids and bases work in similar ways when it comes to cleaning, there is a very good reason why the detergents we use are bases. In the early days, soap was made by mixing fat with certain chemicals. A fat shortage occurred, making it necessary to make a synthetic product to take the place of fat. What makes a base a better choice than an acid for detergent is that bases react with organic materials while acids react with metals.
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∙ 12y agoA base is anything with a pH value over 7. Bases release hydroxide ions and are proton acceptors. Face soap typically has a (neutral) pH of 7 and body soaps have a pH between 8-10 typically.
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∙ 12y agosoaps are a base because bases remove greasy materials. that's about all i know. hope this helps!
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∙ 12y agoPOTASSIUM HYDROXIDE(KOH) AND SODIUM HYDROXIDE(NaOH)
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∙ 13y agosodium hydroxide
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∙ 14y agoSoaps are alkaline, i.e. bases.
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What is the leaf like structure at the base of a flower is?
Rose hips are found at the base of a rose.Birds and flowers have different arrangements of the bases.
What is the normal pairing of nitrogen bases found in a DNA molecule?
In DNA, the nitrogen base adenine (A) pairs with the nitrogen base thymine (T), and the nitrogen base cytosine (C) pairs with the nitrogen base guanine (G). So the base pairs are A:T and C:G. One way to remember is that A:T spells the word "at."
Which is not a nucleotide base in DNA?
The nucleotides found in DNA are Adenine-A, Thymine-T, Guanine-G, and Cytosine-C. Uracil-U replaces Thymine-T in RNA and is not found in DNA.
Are AT base pairs or GC base pairs more stable?
A-T base pairs have 2 hydrogen bonds and G-C base pairs have 3 hydrogen bonds. Therefore, A-T base pairs are weaker than G-C base pairs.
What is the base in DNA but not RNA?
DNA- A, T, G, C RNA- U, T, G, C Just one base is different, uracil
How do you bath a patient with a G- tube?
There is really no difference in bathing someone with a g-tube than bathing someone without. Just be gentle when cleaning around the site. Regular soap will not hurt it!
When making soap if 890 g of a specific fat react completely with 115 g of sodium hydroxide the products formed are soap and 90 g of glycerin. Calculate the mass of soap formed to satisfy the law of c?
The law of conservation of matter says that the mass of the reactants will equal the mass of the products. In the case of making soap, the general reaction is fat + sodium hydroxide -->soap + glycerin. In this example, the mass of the reactants is 890 g + 115 g = 1005 g. The mass of the products is x grams of soap + 90 g glycerin. Since the mass of the products has to be the same as the mass of the reactants (1005g), one can figure out the mass of the soap. It will be 1005 g - 90 g = 915 g of soap.
What is the density of dawn dish soap?
the density of DAWN dish soap is 0.93 g/mL
What bases are not found in RNA molecules?
RNA has the bases A, C, G, and U. It does NOT have the base T.
What is the density of soap?
Shaw, Helen.Science House Student Projects. New York, NY: 2001. "Dawn Soap Density: 0.932 g/ml" 0.932 g/cm3 Mass, Weight, Density or Specific Gravity of Bulk Materials. SImetric. Walker and Gibson Publishing, Ltd. Material - powder, ore, solids, etc. kg/cu.m. Soap, solid 801 Soap, chips 160 Soap, flakes 160 Soap, powdered 368 0.160-0.801 g/cm3 Dhanuka; Vinodkumar Ramniranjan, et al. Process for preparing a granular detergent. US Patent 6077820. 20 June 2000. "Indian Patent No. 170497 describes a process for preparing a high bulk density granular detergent composition with bulk density of at least 650 g/l which comprises treating a particulate starting material in a first step in a high speed mixer/densifier, the mean residence time being about 5-30 seconds and in a second step in a moderate-speed granulator/densifier whereby it is brought into or maintained in a deformable stage, the mean residence time being 1-10 minutes, and a final step in a drying and/or cooling apparatus" 0.650 g/cm3(powdered detergent) "We have found that granular detergents or cleaning compositions having bulk densities between 300-1300 g/l may be produced by effecting partial granulation in a high or low speed mixer granulator optionally with simultaneous heating and/or drying and/or cooling followed by completion of granulation under very low shear optionally with drying or cooling" 0.300-1300 g/cm3(powdered detergent) "Detergent and Soap." The World Book Encyclopedia. International Edition. 1983. "But the word detergent usually refers to synthetic detergents, which have a different chemical makeup than soap. Its density is 0.9 g/ml" 0.9 g/cm3 Hilver, Chris. Bio Chem Demos. 22 May 2005. "ivory soap (.9 g/cc) floats in H2O (1.0 g/cc) but not in ethanol (.8 g/cc)" 0.9 g/cm3 Soap is an ordinary household item that is mainly used for washing dishes, scrubbing floors, doing laundry, bathing, and many other household tasks. Soap can also be used by doctors to get rid of germs in infected wounds. It comes in many different forms such as a liquid, a powder, or a bar. It also comes in different scents to suit the consumer and the task for which it is needed. Soap is actually a base with a fat. The soap that is usually used for bathing is only varies from laundry detergent in that it has different chemical properties. A chemical property that they do have in common, however, is a surface active agents. Surfactants are molecules that stick to bits of dirt in a material. Then, the molecules hold the bits of dirt in the wash water until they are rinsed off. The chemical composition of soap in general is what causes it to have its particular density. Density is the measure of the mass of the substance divided by its volume. Soap, particularly solid Ivoryâ„¢ soap, has a density of 0.9 grams per cubic centimeters. Dawnâ„¢ liquid soap has a density of 0.932 g/cm3. From this information, you could see that the density does not significantly change as the soap varies from solid to liquid. In conclusion, this shows that soap is unlike any other substances because it is widely known that solids generally have a different density than liquids.
What Nucleotide based are found in DNA?
DNA - Adenine (A Base) Cytosine (C Base) Guanine (G Base) Thymine (T Base) RNA - Adenine (A Base) Cytosine (C Base) Guanine (G Base) Uracil (U Base)
What nitrogenous base is found in DNA but not in RNA is called what?
The nitrogenous base found in DNA but not RNA is called thymine. RNA contains the base uracil which during transcription(when genetic information is copied from DNA to RNA) pairs with the base adenine in DNA. So, DNA has four nitrogenous bases: (A) adenine, (C) cytosine, G (guanine), and T (thymine). And RNA has four nitrogenous bases: (A) adenine, (C) cytosine, G (guanine) and U (uracil)
What is the density of dial soap?
I don`t know. But what I do know is that the density of Dawn Soap is 0.932 g/ml
What is the density of dish soap g cm3?
i don know
What is the mass of a bar of soap in grams?
120 g
What is the density of Ajax dish soap?
0.87 g/cm3
What basepairing is found in DNA and RNA?
The Complementary base pairing of DNA is A with T and C with G. In Rna, T is replaced with U.
