Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 7ScienceMaterials We Use3 Marks
Question
Write short notes on or Explain: Soap
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Answer
Two types of soap are: 1. Hard soap is used for washing clothes. It is a sodium salt of fatty acids. 2. (a) Softsoap is used for bathing. It is a potassium salt of fatty acids, (b) It does not cause irritation of the skin, (c) But we can’t use soap in hard water because soap does not give lather but forms a scum, (d) So, soap loses its cleansing property so now synthetic detergents have taken place of soap, (e) Synthetic detergents are obtained by subjecting these raw materials (fats and kerosene) to a variety of chemical processes, (f) These can be used in hard water as well.
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