Why does dish soap sink in water?

Ducks sink in the water when you add some dish soap, maybe! ------Mayjoy Pequiro------- August 04 2011, thursday Call me 0910207---- ...

with soap and water in a sink by hand with a dishrag, or by a special 1950's dish cleaning dog. ...

yes! i've done it so many times it does sink in milk :)

There is none. Dish soap and water form a mixture. Mixtures do not have chemical formulas. ...

Yes, dish water is normally a solution of soap in water.

because of the wait of the soap plus the wait of the soap dish is to much for the water to carry Sort of, but here's more to the story. This is a question about specific gravity, or roughly, weight/mass per volume. Let's look at the dish. The material that the dish is made of apparently doesn't float. Or wouldn't -- If it were shaped as a solid lump it would sink. However, since it is "dished", that is slightly bowl-shaped...

Can mopping your floors everyday with Palmolive dish soap and water cause harm to a dog? ...

Eating dish soap will make you sick. Don't do it.

Liquid dish soap and water

No, a dish drainer tray does not have to stay in the sink. You might want to put the draining part in the sink though because that is where the water will drain into. ...

Dish soap is composed of imulsified oils water and a few other chemicals that very from brand to brand ...

Dawn dish soap is great for killings fleas in homes and outside in the yard. Dawn dish soap can be mixed with vinegar and water which will kill fleas and repel them from pets. ...

Yes in a sink with water up to their chests and use soap from a pet store and only wash them once a month. Never use regular dish soap! It can be very bad if you get it in there eyes. ...

This is because the displacement of water to the the weight of the metal soap dish and soap is not equalized before the water reaches the top edges of the soap dish. If you had a deeper soap dish than it would most likely float. Also most likely the soap is 'stuck' to the dish so that is why when they sink it will not float on its own. Floating actually has to do with pressure rather than weight. For example...

From what I could find dish soap is an acid base. No no no, dish soap is basic. ...

Soap suds are basically air bubbles, it is the cleaning agent in the dish soap that cleans your dishes. Extremely dirty or greasy dishes might require changing the dish water. ...

Liquid soap reduces cohesion (a.k.a. surface tension). It does not prevent it. This is why oil that is floating on water is scattered when dish soap is added during the Dawn dish soap commercial. ...

A dish soap with a detergent content higher than the water content works better on grease. A soap that has a degreaser in it will work well too. ...

Yes, it is a dish soap.

dawn dish soap is a oil based soap

Soak the pan or pot in a sink with hot water and DAWN dish soap. it may take several tries, but it will eventually break apart the oil. ...

Water has surface tension which allows the needle to float on it. When soap is added, the surface tension of the water is reduced. ...

The heavier liquid will sink to the bottom. The water will "float"on top of the test liquid. This is the same if you mix syrup, water and dish soap. The syrup is more dense so it sinks and the dish soap is lighter so it floats on top. ...

Assuming the dish soap is on water, it is lipophilic or hydrophobic. It loves to mix with lipids (fats) and dislikes water. ...

Dish soap. Dawn Dish Soap is known to remove grease better than anything.