Soap and Detergents
CHEMISTRY SSS3 First term
WEEK 8
Soap and Detergents
Performance objectives
Students should be able to:
- Explain the preparation of detergents.
- Explain the mode of action of detergents.
- Give at least three differences between soaps and detergents
Content
Detergents
A detergent is a surfactant or mixture of surfactants that have cleaning properties in dilute solution with water. A detergent is similar to soap, but with a general structure R-SO4-, Na+, where R is a long-chain alkyl group. Like soaps, detergents are amphiphilic, meaning they have both hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions. Most detergents are akylbenzenefulfonates. Detergents tend to be more soluble in hard water
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