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Soap in the form of micelles is used for cleaning. The micelles stay in the solution as a colloid and do not come together to precipitate because of:

chemical attraction

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chemical bonding

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ion-ion attraction

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ion-ion repulsion

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Solution

The correct option is D
ion-ion repulsion

The micelles stay in the solution as a colloid and does not come together to precipitate because of ion-ion repulsion.

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