Surfactants and detergents have the same common property of……in them.
Detergency
Surface activity
Viscosity
None of these
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Structurally a biodegradable detergent should contain a:
Normal alkyl chain
Branched alkyl chain
Hexyl side chain
Cyclohexyl side chain
Soft soaps are:
Sodium salts of fatty acids
Potassium salts of fatty acids containing excess of free alkali
Potassium salts of fatty acids containing no free alkali
Calcium salts of fatty acids
A detergent is a:
Cleansing agent
Drug
Catalyst
Soap
Detergents are better cleansing agent than soaps because:
They wash clothes better
Absorb the hardness of water
They are less affected by hard water
They are less soapy
Which is not characteristic of soap?
They are colourless when pure
They are lighter than water
They are immiscible with organic solvents
They form emulsions with water
What happens when drying oils are exposed to light and moist air?
Polymerization
Fermentation
Hardening
Isomerization
Ordinary soaps are defined as:
Al salts of higher fatty acids
Na salts of lower fatty acids
Na salts of higher fatty acids
Mg salts of lower fatty acids
Which one is not a glyceride?
Monoglyceride
Diglyceride
Triglyceride
Sphingolipid
In the process of saponification, which byproduct is formed along with soap?
Fatty acid
Glycerol
Sodium chloride
Water
The process of making soap is called:
Esterification
Saponification
Hydrogenation
Polymerization
