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Soap
While we usually think of soap as a cleaning agent that bubbles and lathers, there are actually a lot different substances that are really soap, it just depends what they are made of. In this paper, I will try to tell your everything I leared about soap. ... Each soap has a carboxylate "head" and a long hydrocarbon chain, sometimes callled its "tail". ...
Soap acts as a emulsifying agent, that is why its a good cleanser. ... This means that, soap cna stop oil and dirt in a way that it can be removed, but oil(which attracts dirt) doesnt mix with water naturally.
The negatively-charged, polar molecule is the organic part of a natural soap. ... The long, nonpolar hydrocaron chain,hydrophobic (water-fearing) part of soap molecules, does not interact with water molecules.
Approximate Word count = 586 Approximate Pages = 2.3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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