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Soaps and Detergents Explain how the structure ofsoaps makes them effective cleaning agents.
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This can be represented as follows: \[ \text{{Soap molecule}} = \text{{Hydrophobic end}} + \text{{Hydrophilic end}} \] Show more…
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