Which of the following pairs are correct?

Soap - Ammonium or Sulphonate salts of long chain carboxylic acids,
Detergent - Sodium or Potassium salts of long-chain carboxylic acids

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Detergent - Ammonium or Sulphonate salts of long chain Carboxylic acids,
Soap - Sodium or Potassium salts of long-chain Carboxylic acids

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Detergent - Ammonium or Sodium salts of long chain Carboxylic acids,
Soap - Sodium or Sulphonate salts of long-chain Carboxylic acids

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Detergents and soaps have the same salts

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Solution

The correct option is B
Detergent - Ammonium or Sulphonate salts of long chain Carboxylic acids,
Soap - Sodium or Potassium salts of long-chain Carboxylic acids

The correct pairs are:

Detergent - Ammonium or Sulphonate salts of long chain Carboxylic acids,

Soap - Sodium or Potassium salts of long-chain Carboxylic acids

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Q. Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long chains of carboxylic acids.

Soaps are Sodium/ Potassium salts of long-chain fatty acids, whereas synthetic detergents are Sodium salt of sulphonic acids.

Detergents are sodium and potassium salts of long chain

(I) Sulphonoic acid

(II) Carboxylic acid

(III) Both the above

Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long chain carboxylic acids. But soap turns red litmus blue that is they are basic in nature. Why?

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