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What do you mean by non-biodegradable detergents ? How can we make biodegradable detergents ?

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Detergents which cannot be degraded by nature. Biodegradable detergents can be prepared by minimising the branching of the hydrocarbon chain, as unbranched chains can be biodegraded.
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