Write short notes on or Explain: Surface activity - Vidyadip

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Write short notes on or Explain:
Surface activity

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Soap molecule has the property of holding on to both oil and water soap water spreads easily on many types of surfaces.
The property of a substance of spreading on a surface is called surface activity and the substance is said to be a surfactant.
Detergents are surface-active. One effect of surface activity is lather formation.

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