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Overview of Detergents and Soaps

Detergents and soaps are substances that clean surfaces through the use of surfactants, which are molecules that attach to dirt particles. Detergents contain synthetic surfactants and additional chemicals that improve cleaning ability or ease of use, while soaps contain the same basic surfactants. Both detergents and soaps may also include ingredients like perfumes, dyes, and germicides. Bar soaps are made through processes like mixing warm soap solutions with air and cooling and squeezing the mixture into continuous bars.

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Overview of Detergents and Soaps

Detergents and soaps are substances that clean surfaces through the use of surfactants, which are molecules that attach to dirt particles. Detergents contain synthetic surfactants and additional chemicals that improve cleaning ability or ease of use, while soaps contain the same basic surfactants. Both detergents and soaps may also include ingredients like perfumes, dyes, and germicides. Bar soaps are made through processes like mixing warm soap solutions with air and cooling and squeezing the mixture into continuous bars.

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CHAPTER II Review of Related Literature and Studies A detergent is a substance that cleans solid surfaces.

Soap is a type of detergent, but detergent usually refers only to synthetic detergents which have a different chemical make-up than soap. Detergent and soaps contain a cleaning agent called surfactant or surface active agent. Surfactants consists of molecules that attach themselves to dirt particles. Most detergents contain a synthetic surfactant plus other chemicals that had improve a detergent's cleaning ability or make it easier to use. all soaps consists of basically the smae kind of surfactants. Detergents and soaps also contain such ingredients such as perfumes, coloring agents, and genicides (germ killing agents).

Bar soaps are made for bathing and laundry use. Manufacturers use several methods to make bars of soap. They make floating soaps by mixing the warm soap solution with air in a machine equipped with cooling coils. They machine cools the soap and squeezes it out in the form of a long continous bar.

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