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Soap can remove grease and oil from your skin because it acts as what?
Soap can remove grease and oil from your skin because it acts as an emulsifying agent. When mixed with water, soap can clean the skin because it suspends oils and dirt so that this can be removed easily. By itself, water cannot remove oil or grease from skin.
Why does soap and water remove dirt?
soap lowers the surface tensions of water, making water wetter and more able to remove soil and dirt.
Why cant water get grease out but soap can?
The molecules of a soap can surround oil molecules and bind to them, releasing their hold on materials and surfaces. The slippery soap does not attach to other molecules, and can be washed away.Grease itself is oil bound to a complex soap, that does not let it easily flow away from the lubricated surface.
What is the purpose of soap in the catalyst demonstartion?
I was looking for an answer rather than supplying an answer. I believe that soap is used to help remove dirt, to make the surface (skin or clothing) slippery to remove dirt. In other words, if you don't have dirt, water is sufficient. If soap remains on the skin it can clog pores and lead to B.O.
What is formed by tap water and soap?
Soap is dissolved in water.
Why cant you remove graffiti using soap and water?
because of the strong chemicals in the grafiti stains easily causing week cleaners such as soaps and water to not remove it.
Why cannot you use soap and water to remove graffiti?
why can't we remove graffiti with soap and water.
How does handwashing with soap and water remove germs and chemicals?
Because the soap has remove germs
How to remove soap and detergent from water?
Activated Carbon absorb organics such as soap from water. Reverse Osmosis is one of the ways soap can be removed from the water.
How do you remove permanent marker from face?
Wash it with a soap and water. You can rub alcohol. If the soap and water doesn't work.
How do you remove white out?
By putting water soap etc
How do you wash your face in space?
you dont have soap or water so you cant
Soap can remove grease and oil from your skin because it acts as what?
Soap can remove grease and oil from your skin because it acts as an emulsifying agent. When mixed with water, soap can clean the skin because it suspends oils and dirt so that this can be removed easily. By itself, water cannot remove oil or grease from skin.
How do you get water colors off your skin?
Soap and water will remove the watercolors easily.
What solvent will remove a sharpie's ink better water vinegar or soap?
water
Can soap remove pathogens?
Soap and water provide a medium in which dirt is lifted from the skin and is mixed within the medium created by the soap and water. As the soap and water are rinsed off the skin, the dirt is carried away as well.
Why does soap and water remove dirt?
soap lowers the surface tensions of water, making water wetter and more able to remove soil and dirt.
