NCERT Exercise Q15 - Carbon and its Compounds
Question: Explain the mechanism of the cleaning action of soaps.
Answer: 1. Soap molecules are sodium or potassium salts of long-chain fatty acids with a unique dual structure: a long hydrophobic (non-polar, water-hating) hydrocarbon tail and a short hydrophilic (ionic,...
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