Question

What are synthetic detergents? Give example.

Answer 1

Synthetic Detergents

• Synthetic detergents are cleaning chemical agents that have all of the qualities of soap but include no soap.
• Hence this is a non-soap cleanser that exerts its impact by reducing the surface tension of an aqueous cleaning mixture.
• They produce foam even in hard water, these can be used in both soft and hard water.
• Some detergents produce foam even in ice-cold water.

Example

• Sodium lauryl sulfate and Sodium dodecylbenzene sulphonate are examples of synthetic detergents.