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Bathing soaps are potassium salts of long chain fatty acids while washing soaps are sodium salts of long chain fatty acids .

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### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding the Composition of Soaps:** - Bathing soaps are potassium salts of long-chain fatty acids. - Washing soaps are sodium salts of long-chain fatty acids. 2. **Identifying the Anionic Groups:** - Bathing soaps contain the anionic group COO⁻ (carboxylate group). ...
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Soaps are the detergents used since long. Soaps used for cleansing purpose are sodium or potassium salts of long chain fatty acids such as stearic acid, palmitic acid. These cannot be used with hard water. Synthetic detergents are cleansing agents which have all the properties of soap but which actually do not contain any soap. These can be used both in soft water and hard water as they give foam even in hard water. Which of the following is called invert soap?

Soaps are the detergents used since long. Soaps used for cleansing purpose are sodium or potassium salts of long chain fatty acids such as stearic acid, palmitic acid. These cannot be used with hard water. Synthetic detergents are cleansing agents which have all the properties of soap but which actually do not contain any soap. These can be used both in soft water and hard water as they give foam even in hard water. Which is not true for a detergent molecule ?

Soaps are the detergents used since long. Soaps used for cleansing purpose are sodium or potassium salts of long chain fatty acids such as stearic acid, palmitic acid. These cannot be used with hard water. Synthetic detergents are cleansing agents which have all the properties of soap but which actually do not contain any soap. These can be used both in soft water and hard water as they give foam even in hard water. Which one of the following is not a surfactant?

Soaps are the sodium or potassium salts of higher fatty acids, containing number of carbon atoms more than .

Assertion (A) : Soaps do not form lather with water containing salts of calcium and magnesium. Reason ( R) : Calcium and magnesium salts of long-chain fatty acids are insoluble in water.

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