Question

Soaps are water soluble while detergents are water insoluble.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

Soaps are water-soluble sodium or potassium salts of fatty acids. Soaps are made from fats and oils, or their fatty acids, by treating them chemically with a strong alkali.
A detergent is a surfactant, usually alkylbenzenesulfonates , a family of compounds that are similar to soap but are more soluble in hard water, because the polar sulfonate (of detergents) is less likely than the polar carboxyl (of soap) to bind to calcium and other ions found in hard water.Option B is correct.