One effect of soap and detergent in hard water is it will not lather as well as it does in soft water. This can affect the way the soap or detergent cleans in hard water making them less effective.
Soap and water react differently in both soft and hard water whereby soap works faster and detergent works slower and may not even lather.
what does detergent do
no. soap cannot be used in hard water
potaSome laundry detergents do not produce as many suds in hard water, these are likely to be soap-based products and do not work as well in hard-water as detergent based products.Hard water affects the chemistry of the action between detergents and water to prevent it from forming a good lather. This can affect the cleaning power of the detergent and reduce its effectiveness.Nowadays, there are washing powders and liquids available for a wide range of water hardness. Make sure you choose the correct detergent for your area; you may also need to use slightly more detergent than the manufacturers recommended amount to compensate for the hard water. In many cases the manufacturer will give specific instructions on how to use the product in hard water areas, look out for these labels on your product.
detergents are the sodium salts of alkyl suphonic acids. They contain a sulphonic acid group istead of a carboxyl group. soaps are made up of Na and Mg salts of organic fatty acids. detergents react even with water since they do not form scum, due to solubility of Naq and Mg salts in water. While soaps donot lather with hard water as they form scum.
Soap and water react differently in both soft and hard water whereby soap works faster and detergent works slower and may not even lather.
no they not
what does detergent do
no. soap cannot be used in hard water
You get soap by action of sodium hydroxide on the fats. So soap sodium salt of the fatty acid. You get glycerol as a by product of soap production. Detergent have little different formula. So that the detergent is not affected by hard water.
potaSome laundry detergents do not produce as many suds in hard water, these are likely to be soap-based products and do not work as well in hard-water as detergent based products.Hard water affects the chemistry of the action between detergents and water to prevent it from forming a good lather. This can affect the cleaning power of the detergent and reduce its effectiveness.Nowadays, there are washing powders and liquids available for a wide range of water hardness. Make sure you choose the correct detergent for your area; you may also need to use slightly more detergent than the manufacturers recommended amount to compensate for the hard water. In many cases the manufacturer will give specific instructions on how to use the product in hard water areas, look out for these labels on your product.
Chemically Detergents are the salts of long chain sulphonic acids and soaps are the salts of long chain fatty acids, both work in normal water but in hard water only detergent works , so detergents may work as soaps but soaps do not work as detergents.
Do it, and prepare to pick soap out of your nose.
Activated Carbon absorb organics such as soap from water. Reverse Osmosis is one of the ways soap can be removed from the water.
detergents are the sodium salts of alkyl suphonic acids. They contain a sulphonic acid group istead of a carboxyl group. soaps are made up of Na and Mg salts of organic fatty acids. detergents react even with water since they do not form scum, due to solubility of Naq and Mg salts in water. While soaps donot lather with hard water as they form scum.
The effect of sodium carbonate on soap can differ depending on the type of water used. Hard water could cause the soap to bubble more, while fresh water could cause the soap to not bubble at all.
False. When detergent or soap is added to water then it surface tension decreases.