How does Soap Clean Things?
Soap is
used for washing. It makes the grease dissolve in water, because it is
usually the
grease that holds dirt and dust stuck on to the clothes. Ordinary water does not remove
dirt from
things because
the grease and water cannot mix. Soap is made of long, thin molecules that attach
themselves to
water molecules at one end and to grease molecules at
the other end. The soap molecules, thus, link the water and grease molecules, so that
the grease
Soap is
made by heating fat or vegetable oil with a strong alkali, such as sodium hydroxide
(Caustic Soda).
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