People use a variety of methods to wash clothes. Usually after adding the soap, they ‘beat’ the clothes on a stone, or beat it with a paddle, scrub with a brush or the mixture is agitated in a washing machine. Why is agitation necessary to get clean clothes?

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Molecules of soap form micelles with dirt such as grease. Micelles remain suspended as colloid. To remove dirt in the form of micelles from clothes agitation is necessary.

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washing machine .Why is this agitation neccessary to get clean clothes?

Q. Assertion :Mixture is agitated in a washing machine. Agitation is necessary to get clean clothes. Reason: To wash away the loosened dirt particle in form of micelles from the surface of cloth, agitation is necessary.

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