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Write the two differences between the chemical composition of soaps and detergents

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Soaps

Detergents

1.

Soaps are the sodium salts of long chain carboxylic acids

Detergents are sodium salts of long chain benzene sulphonic acids

2.

The ionic group in soaps is

–COO-Na+

The ionic group in soaps is

SO3-Na+ or SO4-Na+

3.

Soaps are not useful when water is hard

Detergents can be used for washing purposes even when water is hard

4.

Soaps are biodegradable

Some of the detergents are non-biodegradable

5.

Soaps have relatively weak cleansing action

Detergents have a strong cleansing action


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